Re: ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 video card supported by X?

["Chavdar Ivanov" <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 05/07/07, Alasdair Reed <alasdair%iprimus.com.au@localhost> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 01:01:53PM +0100, Chavdar Ivanov wrote:
> > On 04/07/07, Alasdair Reed <alasdair%iprimus.com.au@localhost> wrote:
> > >On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 10:18:11AM +1000, Alasdair Reed wrote:
> > >> On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 07:15:33PM -0400, Blair Sadewitz wrote:
> > >> > There is also xf86-video-avivo, which is in the early stages of
> > >> > development, but still may be better than VESA.  If you want to try
> > >> > it, I could package it in pkgsrc-wip.
> > >> >
> > >> > Regards,
> > >> >
> > >> > --Blair
> > >>
> > >> That would be great, I would like to try it. Couple of questions though.
> > >>
> > >> 1. I am using current branch of pkgsrc and wip is not included in that
> > >as far as I can see (in /usr/pkgsrc) how do  I access it.
> >
> > Get it from, say,
> >
> > 
> http://pkgsrc-wip.sourceforge.net/snapshots/pkgsrc-wip-20070703-snapshot.tar.gz
> >
> > Extract it under /usr/pkgsrc.
> >
> > You can then run 'cvs up -dPA' to upgrade to the latest bits.
> >
> > >>
> > >> 2. When I get it is it just a case of installing it via pkgsrc and then
> > >editing XF86Config or will it involve re-configuring the kernel?
> >
> > I see you are using X11_TYPE=native from XF86Config remark. You will
> > have to switch to X11_TYPE=xorg, or if you are a little more
> > adventurous, to X11_TYPE=modular and use the packages from
> > wip/modular-xorg... to get what you need.
> >
> > Kernel configuration will be required if you want to try DRI - but it
> > probably is a tall order for this new card.
> >
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for the offer.
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >>
> > >> Alasdair
> > >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Chavdar Ivanov
>
> Hi Chadvar,
>
> thanks for your advice.
>
> I imagine that if I change from X11 native to Xorg, I will have to rebuild any aps that 
> rely on X11 native, do I have to completely re-install them by downloading in the normal 
> way from pkgsrc or is there some sort of "make reinstall" command ?

I don't think so - it's just a server. As long as you keep the
libraries from XFree86, any client linked against them should be fine.
There may be some problems here and there, but some times ago I even
decided to see what will happen if I completely disable XFree86,
leaving, at that time, Xorg 6.9; I renamed /usr/X11R6 and linked
/usr/pkg/xorg to /usr/X11R6. Things mostly worked, but there were some
missing libraries, so I eventually rebuilt what I needed.

I guess the official advise to be to do a rebuild - if one switches to
Xorg, new dependencies come into force which are not there if one uses
native.

> Regards,
>
> Alasdair

Chavdar