Re: Hotplugging: VGA to alubook 5,8 [was: Re: getting wireless and dvi out [ ... ]]
On Nov 29, 2007 1:04 AM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <roto@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi Bin, Hi All
>
> To compile the radeon driver, what's the correct way if
> I need radeon on a alubook 5,8:
>
> something like this:
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> git-clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati
> cd xf86-video-ati
> ./autogen.sh
> make
I tested this, using ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
But I had a problem : fvwm can't remember window size changes for applications.
So back to debian experimental package + two paches from git.
> [from http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12552]
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>
>
> or better that one:
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> 3. git-clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati
> 4. cd xf86-video-ati
> 5. git checkout origin/randr-1.2 (Git-Version 1.5)
> git checkout randr-1.2 (Git-Version 1.4)
This means you use randr-1.2 branch (last change 3 months ago) .
See http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati.git;a=summary
http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati.git;a=shortlog;h=randr-1.2
> 6. ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr (or any home-directory, but then you have to
> copy the files manual to the correct directory)
> 7. make
> [from http://www.nabble.com/radeon-tv-out-tf4221095.html#a12103267]
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>
> What's the difference between the 2 methods above, i.e. what does this
> 'checkout origin/randr-1.2' ('checkout randr-1.2') snippet make
> different, compared to the first way of compiling ... ?
man git-checkout
Best regards,
Bin
>
> Best Regards, and Thanks in anticipation
>
> Wolfgang
>
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