Bug 134089

Summary:	Information missing from the DRI howto documentation
Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org	Reporter:	krudyard
Component:	Other documents	Assignee:	Docs Team <docs-team>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/dri-howto.xml
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description krudyard 2006-05-23 01:17:28 UTC

Using gentoo-sources-2.6.16-r7 kernel.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/dri-howto.xml
Seems at least one thing is missing from the guide: in order to emerge
x11-drm one must first set something like
VIDEO_CARDS="video_cards_radeon"
in the /etc/make.conf file.
Furthermore, when I simply set
VIDEO_CARDS="radeon"
as per the output of the emerge without any VIDEO_CARDS set, the x11-drm package did not compile. However it compiled successfully with
VIDEO_CARDS="video_cards_radeon"
None of these complications are hinted at in the guide.

Still, even after the installation of the x11-drm package using VIDEO_CARDS="video_cards_radeon"
the module was missing. No further hints as to what may be wrong are given in the howto.

Comment 1 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-05-23 01:54:30 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 134087 ***