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Re: specific kernel configuration for graphic card driver



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On 04/28/2011 09:05 PM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:42:02 +0800, lina wrote:
>
>> what's the specification for the
>>
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc NI
>> Whistler [AMD Radeon HD 6600M Series] [1002:6741]
>
> Lina,
>
> What's the specific problem you are facing with that card?
>
> If it's not working at all or loads a generic driver (fbdev/vesa) instead
> the radeon one, maybe is becasue the chipset is too new that still lacks
> for support even in the Xorg upstream project.
>
> The more data you can provide about your problem, the better for people
> here can help you :-)
>
> Greetings,
>

What do you mean by kernel specification? I'm no expert, but I doubt you
have to build a custom kernel.

If you don't have a problem with non-free software, have you tried the
fglrx driver?

$ sudo aptitude install module-assistant
$ sudo m-a a-i fglrx

You will prompted to install some required package (kernel headers etc.)
and if all goes well - it should - the fglrx kernel module will be
installed.

Now all you have to do is configure Xorg to use it.

$ sudo Xorg -configure
$ sudo vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "Device"
	...
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "fglrx"
	...
EndSection

If the above hasn't installed it, also install the fglrx-glx package.

$ sudo aptitude install fglrx-glx

Now restart the X server.

Anyway that was just off the top of my head, you will getter better
instructions from an official source.

- -- 
Regards,
    Panayiotis Karabassis
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