Open source drivers

There are two open source drivers for ATI Radeon videocards:
 * xf86-video-ati
 * radeonhd

The free (open source) driver "radeon" currently supports the following chips:

R100       Radeon 7200 RV100      Radeon 7000(VE), M6, RN50/ES1000 RS100      Radeon IGP320(M) RV200      Radeon 7500, M7, FireGL 7800 RS200      Radeon IGP330(M)/IGP340(M) RS250      Radeon Mobility 7000 IGP R200       Radeon 8500, 9100, FireGL 8800/8700 RV250      Radeon 9000PRO/9000, M9       RS300       Radeon 9100 IGP RS350      Radeon 9200 IGP RS400      Radeon XPRESS 200/200M IGP (2d only) RV280      Radeon 9200PRO/9200/9200SE, M9+ R300       Radeon 9700PRO/9700/9500PRO/9500/9600TX, FireGL X1/Z1 R350       Radeon 9800PRO/9800SE/9800, FireGL X2       R360        Radeon 9800XT RV350      Radeon 9600PRO/9600SE/9600, M10/M11, FireGL T2       RV360       Radeon 9600XT RV370      Radeon X300, M22 RV380      Radeon X600, M24 RV410      Radeon X700, M26 PCIE R420       Radeon X800 AGP R423/R430  Radeon X800, M28 PCIE R480/R481  Radeon X850 PCIE/AGP

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"

Driver Library Installation
It is necessary to install the ["libgl1-mesa-dri"] driver library package, in order for the 3D capabilities of the card to be utilized.