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There are two open source drivers for ATI Radeon videocards: | |||
* [http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature xf86-video-ati] | |||
* [http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonhd%3Afeature radeonhd] | |||
The free (open source) driver "radeon" currently supports the following chips: | The free (open source) driver "radeon" currently supports the following chips: | ||
Latest revision as of 16:42, 21 May 2010
There are two open source drivers for ATI Radeon videocards:
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.
