Difference between revisions of "switching from nvidia to ATI on gentoo"
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| − | emerge -av --quiet x11-drivers/ati-drivers | + | install binary AMD drivers |
| + | # '''emerge -av --quiet x11-drivers/ati-drivers''' | ||
| − | + | configure opengl | |
| − | eselect opengl set ati | + | # '''eselect opengl set ati''' |
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| + | configure make.conf | ||
| − | + | 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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run aticonfig to back up and write a new /etc/X11/xorg.conf | run aticonfig to back up and write a new /etc/X11/xorg.conf | ||
| − | # aticonfig --initial | + | # '''aticonfig --initial''' |
reboot | reboot | ||
this all worked... tested OK | this all worked... tested OK | ||
Revision as of 17:20, 6 September 2013
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
