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VIDEO_CARDS="nouveau" | VIDEO_CARDS="nouveau" | ||
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Closed source drivers: | Closed source [[Package:NVIDIA_Linux_Display_Drivers | drivers]]: | ||
{{file|name=/etc/portage/make.conf|lang=|desc=set video global variable|body= | {{file|name=/etc/portage/make.conf|lang=|desc=set video global variable|body= | ||
VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" | VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" | ||
}} | }} | ||
== Install == | == Install == | ||
once your video cards variable is set in make.conf merge changes into your system | once your video cards variable is set in make.conf merge changes into your system | ||
<console>###i## emerge -avuND world</console> | <console>###i## emerge -avuND world</console> | ||
Revision as of 07:51, September 30, 2014
Video is set up by setting global variables in make.conf & portage takes care of the rest.
Determine Hardware
first determine which video card you have and which driver it requires.
root # lspci -k
Intel
gen 1&2:
/etc/portage/make.conf - set video global variableVIDEO_CARDS="intel"
gen 3
/etc/portage/make.conf - set video global variableVIDEO_CARDS="intel i915"
gen 4+
/etc/portage/make.conf - set video global variableVIDEO_CARDS="intel i965"
Ati
Open source drivers:
/etc/portage/make.conf - set video global variableVIDEO_CARDS="radeon"
Closed source drivers:
/etc/portage/make.conf - set video global variableVIDEO_CARDS="fglrx"
Nvidia
Open source drivers:
/etc/portage/make.conf - set video global variableVIDEO_CARDS="nouveau"
Closed source drivers:
/etc/portage/make.conf - set video global variableVIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
Install
once your video cards variable is set in make.conf merge changes into your system
root # emerge -avuND world