On 12/18/06, Tim Howard <tdhoward@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> On 12/18/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell@email-addr-hidden-job.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 18:43 -0800, Tim Howard wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a Radeon 9200SE video card in my computer which is running
> > > FC5 + CCRMA. Does anyone know where I can find instructions on how to
> > > install drivers for this without damaging my Linux installation?
> > >
> > > Also, since I'm using a "non-standard" kernel (CCRMA's
> > > rt-something), does that mean I will have to recompile the kernel, or
> > > what?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help!
> > >
> >
> > See http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIRadeon. There should be no need
> > to recompile the kernel or use a binary-only driver.
> >
> > Are you sure the distro did not already install the correct driver?
> >
> > Lee
> >
>
> No, but I'm at work right now, and my Linux box is at home.
>
> Now that I look at the contents of the FC5 distro, I see that there is
> a "xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.5.7.3-4.i3..>" RPM, which I'm guessing would
> contain the DRI module that I need?
>
> -TimH
>
No, I think DRI is part of the kernel. I compile it as a module and
then load it as 'drm'. See my other post for the two Xorg-X11 drivers
in use on AMD64 with multiple sound cards.
- Mark
Received on Tue Dec 19 08:15:07 2006
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