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correnos

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Registered: 2009-11-05

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Radeon HD 3870 + opensource ati drivers + compositing = possible?

Xorg update 1.7.1 breaks AMD's proprietary catalyst drivers. I would like to be able to use the open source drivers and still be able to enable Kwin compositing. Does anyone know if this is possible? Alternatively, does anyone know if there is a fix to get the proprietary drivers working in 1.7.1? Thanks.

kiste1985

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From: Germany

Registered: 2009-07-19

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Re: Radeon HD 3870 + opensource ati drivers + compositing = possible?

Yes. Use this guide http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=79509&p=1

I have a ATI 3850 and with this guide I have compositing, KMS and can play nequiz (ok, sometimes nexquiz crashes). With KMS enabled i have some artifacts on KDE4.

correnos

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Registered: 2009-11-05

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Re: Radeon HD 3870 + opensource ati drivers + compositing = possible?

oh, and KMS too? Thanks!