2009/6/30 David C. Rankin
Before I royally screw up my openSuSE 11.0/fglrx install, will I have trouble with library conflicts after installing the radeonhd driver along side the fgrlx driver? I wouldn't think so. Normally, switching between radeon and fglrx is just a matter of xorg.conf and loading/unloading the drivers. Anything special about the radeonhd driver??
It's the same thing for radeon and radeonhd. Unless you use 3D, easy switching between fglrx and other driver is just a matter of changing xorg.conf and rebooting (not just X restart!). Actually it's the safiest to do cold reboot with powering off machine for a moment. That's because fglrx changes some GPU's registers in it's own way and other driver may not work as expected on modified state of GPU. Switching between radeon and radeonhd without reboot generally doesn't cause problems, but no guarantee. For best, absolutly safe testing radeon vs. radeonhd you also should reboot. The problem will come when 3D will be available as open driver (Mesa) and you will want to use it. fglrx changes some files in system, so open driver may not be able to work on modified system. -- Rafał Miłecki -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: radeonhd+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: radeonhd+help@opensuse.org