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["Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik" <ruskie AT mages.ath.cx>]

On 17:42:57 2007-08-22 Craig Dyke <grail69 AT amnet.net.au> wrote:
> Okay, so I have gone through and got xorg-server installed and my
> xorg.conf works with the standard vesa driver (some success)
> 
> I tried casting xf86-video-ati, which cast fine but X tells me No 
> Devices detected
> when using ati in config file :(
> 
> So my query is two fold:
> 
> 1. Is there some trick to getting the driver I have installed working?
> 2. If I install the new one mentioned below, do we just use the "run" 
> file (just curious where it will install all the files)
> 
> Thanks
> Craig
> 

quick recap(just cause I'm lazy):

1. What card is this?
2. xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log  would certanly help...

xf86-video-ati is the 2d-only driver if you want 3d you need to enable it
in mesalib by picking a -dri target and picking the driver for you card...


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