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  • From: copeland1936 AT sbcglobal.net
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] ATI Video Cards and 64bit Linux
  • Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:54:27 -0500

On Monday 16 October 2006 23:22, Andraž "ruskie" Levstik wrote:
> Daniel Goller wrote :
> > gpg: Signature made pon 16 okt 2006 22:31:34 CEST using DSA key ID
> > 83DDA5B9 gpg: Good signature from "Daniel Goller (morfic)
> > <dgoller AT satx.rr.com>" gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a
> > trusted signature! gpg: There is no indication that the
> > signature belongs to the owner. Primary key fingerprint: FE8B 7D6D 21B5
> > DB32 7C18 464B F876 B270 83DD A5B9
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:33:29 -0500
> >
> > copeland1936 AT sbcglobal.net wrote:
> > > I have successfully built a minimum 64bit SourceMage. I have
> > > installed xorg 6.9.0 and kde 3.5.4. All installed OK.
> > >
> > > I have an ATI Radeon X1300Pro video card. Of course I need 64bit
> > > drivers for this card. I wheeled out to the ATI website, found the
> > > 64bit driver but..... The system requirements require some 8-10
> > > packages, 32bit version. My system is pure 64bit, and I would like
> > > it to remain that way. Am I screwed here with the ATI card? Has
> > > anyone run into this? Did they solve the problem? If so, how?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> > >
> > > John Copeland
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> >
> > smgl-emul32 should cover you there.
> >
> > i have not gotten around to move all the libs from ATI to the right
> > places in a spell for Modular X (although i have it working i have put
> > it on backburner to spellify it).
> > The 32bit libs you look for are in that package and due to them being
> > binaries they are in z-rejected grimoire.
> >
> > with 6.9 the ati driver picked locations for libs might work out better
> > for you.
> >
> > Yes the libs install on a Pure 64-bit system w/o doing any harm to the
> > 64bit libs. They also allow using of games, in short most 32bit
> > binaries you might want to run on a 64bit system.
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >
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>
> The ati driver spell here: http://ruskie.dtdm.org/testing has both 32bit
> and 64bit drivers available and it would be nice if someone could test
> it on 64bitp
ruskie,
How do this spell work. If I can I will attempt to test it. How do I add
this spell to a grimouire?
JohnC





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