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= How do I configure X to use ATI Radeon drivers? = = How do I configure X to use ATI 3D accelerated graphics =

These notes are for an ["Xorg"] based ["xserver"]. To install the ATI Radeon drivers on an ["XFree86"] installation, see ["ATIHowToXFree86"].
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To configure X to use the Radeon drivers, the configuration file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 should be edited as follows: To configure X to use accelerated 3d drivers, the configuration file /etc/X11/xorg.conf should be edited as follows:
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        Identifier "ATI Radeon 9000"
        Driver "radeon"
        Identifier "ATI 3D"
        Driver "ati"
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        Device "ATI Radeon 9000"

Note: The installation process may have set the driver type to "ati". This needs to be changed to "radeon".
        Device "ATI 3D"
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 apt-get install xlibmesa-dri  apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri

== questions ==
 * is there an overview which can be linked to from here?

 * is there something on how to test if it is working, resp. troubleshooting?

 a) A way to tell if 3d accelerated graphics are working is to use the glxinfo tool. This will return a string containing the word "yes", if 3d graphics are enabled and working:

glxinfo|grep render

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["ATIHowToXFree86"] Configuring XFree86 to use ATI 3D accelerated graphics

How do I configure X to use ATI 3D accelerated graphics

These notes are for an ["Xorg"] based ["xserver"]. To install the ATI Radeon drivers on an ["XFree86"] installation, see ["ATIHowToXFree86"].

ATI Radeon cards 8500,9000,9200 and 9250 work with Open Source drivers and support ["OpenGL"] 3D Graphics.

To configure X to use accelerated 3d drivers, the configuration file /etc/X11/xorg.conf should be edited as follows:

  • Section "Device"
    • Identifier "ATI 3D" Driver "ati"

    ?EndSection Section "Screen"

    • Device "ATI 3D"

Install the required libraries

It is necessary to install driver libraries, in order for the 3D capabilities of the card to be utilized:

  • apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri

questions

  • is there an overview which can be linked to from here?
  • is there something on how to test if it is working, resp. troubleshooting? a) A way to tell if 3d accelerated graphics are working is to use the glxinfo tool. This will return a string containing the word "yes", if 3d graphics are enabled and working:

glxinfo|grep render

See Also

["ATIHowToXFree86"] Configuring XFree86 to use ATI 3D accelerated graphics

["ATIProprietary"] Installing the closed source proprietary driver