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pixellany

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From: Annapolis, MD

Registered: 2006-05-12

Posts: 59

ati, radeon, fglrx, catalyst, ???

I am converting one of my boxes to Arch.  it has an older ATI Radeon card (7500, I think).  I have always used the "radeon" driver.

pacman finds no "radeon" driver--only "radeonhd".  Some quick digging--including here--finds discussion of "catalyst" as the replacement for "fglrx".

But---what is the replacement for "radeon"?  And, if "radeonhd" is not it, then what is "radeonhd"

Also----is it true that the ATI Radeon requires "dri" to be loaded?  Both my other boxes use Nvidia, and dri is not used.

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"It's always something." --Gilda Radner, 1946 - 1989

Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

Posts: 3,108

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Re: ati, radeon, fglrx, catalyst, ???

http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra … video-ati/

You want the xf86-video-ati package, which contains the OSS 'ati' and 'radeon' drivers.

pixellany

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From: Annapolis, MD

Registered: 2006-05-12

Posts: 59

Re: ati, radeon, fglrx, catalyst, ???

Thanks--in the interim I loaded that and setup to use "ati".  I did not notice if it loaded "radeon" also.
Anyway, now it's working....

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"It's always something." --Gilda Radner, 1946 - 1989

pixellany

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From: Annapolis, MD

Registered: 2006-05-12

Posts: 59

Re: ati, radeon, fglrx, catalyst, ???

Thanks--in the interim I loaded that and setup to use "ati".  I did not notice if it loaded "radeon" also.
Anyway, now it's working....

Yes, it did  load "radeon" also--which I am now using.

Anyone know what "radeonhd" is?

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"It's always something." --Gilda Radner, 1946 - 1989

filou.linux

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From: Zurich

Registered: 2008-04-17

Posts: 87

Re: ati, radeon, fglrx, catalyst, ???

I guess its:

"Experimental Radeon HD video driver for r500 and r600 ATI cards"
see http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16498