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| == Official packages == | = How do I configure X to use ATI Radeon drivers? = |
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| There are official Debian packages containing the proprietary ATI RADEON and FireGL display driver: http://packages.qa.debian.org/f/fglrx-driver.html. Follow the instructions you can find in the README.Debian file(s) shippped with these packages. | ATI Radeon cards 8500,9000,9200 and 9250 work with Open Source drivers and support !OpenGL 3D Graphics. |
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| == Obsolete installer packages == | To configure X to use the Radeon drivers, the configuration file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 should be edited as follows: |
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| About the obsolete installer packages: As of 2006-04-18, Flavio's [http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian/fglrx-installer.html site] says "These packages are hopelessly out of date and I don't think I'll have time to update them in the near future, because I believe it's more useful to work on the official Debian packages." | Section "Device" Identifier "ATI Radeon 9000" Driver "radeon" EndSection |
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| == External Links == | Section "Screen" Device "ATI Radeon 9000" |
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| *[http://technowizah.com/2006/10/debian-how-to-ati-drivers.html Debian HOW-TO : ATI drivers] explains how to install and configure the latest ATI proprietary drivers using '''module-assistant''' and the official '''ATI installer'''. | Note: The installation process may have set the driver type to "ati". This needs to be changed to "radeon". |
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| '''Be aware that upgrading from or to these packages (created by the ATI installer) is and will most probably ''NEVER'' be supported by the Debian maintainer of the [http://packages.qa.debian.org/f/fglrx-driver.html fglrx-driver] package(s)!''' | == See Also == ["ATIProprietary"] Installing the closed source proprietary driver |
How do I configure X to use ATI Radeon drivers?
ATI Radeon cards 8500,9000,9200 and 9250 work with Open Source drivers and support !OpenGL 3D Graphics.
To configure X to use the Radeon drivers, the configuration file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 should be edited as follows:
- Section "Device"
- Identifier "ATI Radeon 9000" Driver "radeon"
?EndSection Section "Screen"
- Device "ATI Radeon 9000"
Note: The installation process may have set the driver type to "ati". This needs to be changed to "radeon".
See Also
["ATIProprietary"] Installing the closed source proprietary driver