Difference between revisions of "switching from nvidia to ATI on gentoo"
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| − | emerge -av --quiet x11-drivers/ati-drivers | + | verify kernel config, instruction section found [http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Fglrx here] |
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| + | install binary AMD drivers | ||
| + | # '''emerge -av --quiet x11-drivers/ati-drivers''' | ||
| − | eselect opengl set ati | + | configure opengl |
| + | # '''eselect opengl set ati''' | ||
| − | + | configure make.conf | |
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| + | add to make.conf... | ||
# fglrx = FireGL and Radeon for X... now called AMD Catalyst | # fglrx = FireGL and Radeon for X... now called AMD Catalyst | ||
VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx" | VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx" | ||
| − | # emerge --ask --changed-use --deep @world /usr/src/linux | + | recompile packages effected by use flags tied to make.conf video card config |
| + | # '''emerge --ask --changed-use --deep @world''' /usr/src/linux | ||
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These are the packages that would be merged, in order: | These are the packages that would be merged, in order: | ||
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Calculating dependencies... done! | Calculating dependencies... done! | ||
[ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.14 VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx* -fbdev* -nvidia*" | [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.14 VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx* -fbdev* -nvidia*" | ||
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Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] yes | Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] yes | ||
| + | run aticonfig to back up and write a new /etc/X11/xorg.conf | ||
| + | # '''aticonfig --initial''' | ||
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| + | reboot | ||
| − | + | this all worked... tested OK | |
Latest revision as of 17:22, 6 September 2013
verify kernel config, instruction section found here
install binary AMD drivers
# emerge -av --quiet x11-drivers/ati-drivers
configure opengl
# eselect opengl set ati
configure make.conf
add to make.conf...
# fglrx = FireGL and Radeon for X... now called AMD Catalyst VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx"
recompile packages effected by use flags tied to make.conf video card config
# emerge --ask --changed-use --deep @world /usr/src/linux . . . These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.14 VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx* -fbdev* -nvidia*" Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] yes
run aticonfig to back up and write a new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# aticonfig --initial
reboot
this all worked... tested OK
