Ati Card X1400 Driver support [SOLVED]

[lordkur]

Hello Friends!

I have a DELL laptop with the Ati Mobility X1400 video card, Currently I am running the system with the closed sources driver:

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*  x11-apps/ati-drivers-extra           
      Latest version available: 8.33.6  
      Latest version installed: 8.33.6  
      Size of files: 57,246 kB          
      Homepage:      http://www.ati.com 
      Description:   Ati precompiled drivers extra application
      License:       ATI GPL-2 QPL-1.0                        

*  x11-drivers/ati-drivers
      Latest version available: 8.561
      Latest version installed: 8.493
      Size of files: 79,377 kB       
      Homepage:      http://www.ati.com
      Description:   Ati precompiled drivers for recent chipsets
      License:       AMD GPL-2 QPL-1.0 as-is                    

My plan is to update the driver to the opensource versions if possible . What is the best option considering that I want to use Compiz-Fusion or the Kde4 effects?

[xf86-video-]radeonhd ? [xf86-video-]ati? or stay with the propietary drivers? It's been a complete mess all the times that I tried to update those drivers or xorg so I want to be more accurate this time thats why I am looking for your help!!!

THanks in advance!

[vuakko]

1. Open source drivers are more stable and act less naughty with other packages
2. The xf86-video-ati driver is getting features faster than the others.
3. Lastly xf86-video-radeonhd should (at this point at least imho) be used only if it offers features not included in xf86-video-ati for your graphics card.

Based on this, you ought to use xf86-video-ati. Switching to it in my desktop machine (from fglrx) was a true revelation for me,
things actually worked...

[lordkur]

1. Open source drivers are more stable and act less naughty with other packages
2. The xf86-video-ati driver is getting features faster than the others.
3. Lastly xf86-video-radeonhd should (at this point at least imho) be used only if it offers features not included in xf86-video-ati for your graphics card.

Based on this, you ought to use xf86-video-ati. Switching to it in my desktop machine (from fglrx) was a true revelation for me,
things actually worked...

Thanks for your response!

So , that means that if I switch to xf86-video-ati still will be able to use compiz and other effects and watch some movie without major issues? If so, I will do this soon!!! I will let you know about my experience and results

Lord Kur!

Thanks