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Bug 510772 - ATI migration document is woefully out of date
Summary: ATI migration document is woefully out of date
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other documents (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo X packagers
URL: http:///www.gentoo.org/proj/en/deskto...
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Reported: 2014-05-19 16:39 UTC by James Horton
Modified: 2016-06-16 12:13 UTC (History)
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Description James Horton 2014-05-19 16:39:02 UTC
This document needs to be either deprecated or updated or point to a newer
merged/combined document that is more relevant.
Comment 1 Matt Turner gentoo-dev 2014-05-19 22:25:29 UTC
I see some references to xorg.conf, but besides that (which may be relevant? I don't know) what's wrong with the document?

Typically people describe the problem in the bug report...
Comment 2 James Horton 2014-05-20 01:02:38 UTC
Suggested information to put on an updated page.

1. To see what 2D and 3D features are available with your ATI video card, via the Radeon Open source driver, look here :

http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/

2. Discuss what should be the settings, more completely in the make.conf file:
VIDEO_CARDS="radeon fbdev fglrx vesa

Which of these above flags is deprecated and using the vesa driver as a backup
in case the radeon driver fails.

3. "Next step is a bit tricky, because we have to correctly configure /etc/X11/xorg.conf. "
We do not edit this file anymore with X11 ?

4.  "Code listing 1.4" is deprecated.

5. Code listing 1.5" kernel settings needs to updated to the 3.14.x kernel.

Discuss Frame buffer needs and how to set up the driver both insitu the kernel and as a loadable module, discussing the benefits therein.

6. Somebody with an ATI video card needs to test what you write.

7. I'd link it (organize it) under the  gentoo wiki.

hth,
James
Comment 3 James Horton 2014-05-20 12:14:54 UTC
Some more ideas you *may* want to include in an updated version of the ati-2-radeon driver:


8. Show how to use lsmod and other commands to determine (ensure) you are 
either using the video driver as a module or inline as part of the main kernel.

9. Before and after show some benchmark commands to test the general capabilities of the drivers (glxgears)[1]  glmark [2] etc etc.




[1] http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Glxgears_is_not_a_Benchmark

[2] http://glmark.sourceforge.net/
Comment 4 James Horton 2014-05-20 17:39:45 UTC
Some more ideas you *may* want to include in an updated version of the ati-2-radeon driver:


8. Show how to use lsmod and other commands to determine (ensure) you are 
either using the video driver as a module or inline as part of the main kernel.

9. Before and after show some benchmark commands to test the general capabilities of the drivers (glxgears)[1]  glmark [2] etc etc.




[1] http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Glxgears_is_not_a_Benchmark

[2] http://glmark.sourceforge.net/
Comment 5 Michał Górny archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2016-06-16 12:13:29 UTC
GuideXML documents are no longer there.