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Bug 134088 - Information missing from the DRI howto documentation
Summary: Information missing from the DRI howto documentation
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 134087
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other documents (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Docs Team
URL: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/dri-howt...
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Reported: 2006-05-23 01:16 UTC by krudyard
Modified: 2006-05-23 01:54 UTC (History)
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Description krudyard 2006-05-23 01:16:44 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 01:54:37 UTC 

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