how to force radeon kernel module to load?

[Markku Kolkka]

Jack Howarth kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika tiistai, 18. 
huhtikuuta 2006 00:39):
>    I have a user with a x86_64 Fedora Core 5 machine which we
> are having problems getting DRI configured. The Display
> control panel in FC5 sets up xorg.conf to use the radeon
> driver and to load the dri module.
> 
> (--) Chipset ATI FireGL V3100 (RV370) 5B64 (PCIE) found

That card isn't supported by the open-source radeon DRI driver 
included in the distro. You must install the ATI fglrx driver:
- configure the Livna repo: 
http://rpm.livna.org/configuration.html#Core5
- install the packages:
yum install kmod-fglrx xorg-x11-drv-fglrx

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 Markku Kolkka
 markku.kolkka at iki.fi