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bananaoomarang
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 Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:57 pm Post subject: getting an ati radeon xpress 200M to work |
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| right I think I have tried everything I can with the open source drivers and can only get around 400 (at the absolute most) FPS and 2d is very choppy so thats not very good either I have read that to get the proprietary drivers I need to downgrade the xserver so could anybody give me any advice apart from buy a laptop with an nvidia card or give up on 3d linux I know my card can do better because I used to run compiz on ubuntu 8.04 on the exact same computer but know using the kde4 dektop cube is not usable at all so please some helpful advice. |
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hulmeman
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bananaoomarang
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| Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:28 am Post subject: |
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| Hmm I will try this and report back |
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bananaoomarang
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| Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:41 am Post subject: |
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| ok so maybe I'm an idiot but could someone post a step to step guide of how to do this and what commands to run I haven't been with gentoo very long (migrating from ubuntu and fedora) so I am not very familiar with ebuilds and such and do I need to downgrade the xserver. usualy I would attempt something like this on my own but now I have broken my system many times so could someone please help. |
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hulmeman
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| Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:22 am Post subject: |
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No need to downgrade xorg-server. Install layman and git, run:
| Code: | | emerge -va layman git |
add the layman directory to make.conf:
| Code: | | PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/layman/x11 |
add to /etc/portage/package.keywords:
| Code: | x11-base/x11-drm **
media-libs/mesa **
x11-libs/libdrm **
x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati ** |
add to /etc/portage/package.unmask:
| Code: | x11-base/x11-drm
media-libs/mesa
x11-libs/libdrm
x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati |
compile kernel without drm:
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Device Drivers --->
Graphics support --->
< > Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) ---> |
reboot into drm free kernel, run: (make sure portage wants to install -9999 versions from overlay)
| Code: | | emerge -va libdrm mesa xf86-video-ati x11-drm |
edit xorg.conf:
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Option "DRI" "true"
Driver "radeon"
Option "AccelDFS" "true"
Option "AccelMethod" "exa" |
restart X and enjoy! |
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bananaoomarang
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| Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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I got these errors when I did make && make modules_install
| Code: | WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.30-gentoo-r4/x11-drm/radeon.ko needs unknown symbol malloc_sizes
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.30-gentoo-r4/x11-drm/drm.ko needs unknown symbol malloc_sizes
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but sience they are about drm and I didn't compile it into my kernel I will cintinue with the process |
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bananaoomarang
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| Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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I have had this problem for so long and now I get 700 - 800 fps yay |
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bananaoomarang
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| Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Now a get an error when shutting down kernel panic not syncing swapper tainted radekn get vblank counter I just fixed one of these errors with a new kernel config made by pappy mcfae |
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bananaoomarang
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| Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| working again edited my kernel config thankyou so much for your help |
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