diff --git a/helpers/make-xserver-xorg-video-ati b/helpers/make-xserver-xorg-video-ati new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7c7f55e --- /dev/null +++ b/helpers/make-xserver-xorg-video-ati @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +#!/bin/sh +# +# Copyright (C) 2023 Ruben Rodriguez +# +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +# (at your option) any later version. +# +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software +# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA +# + +VERSION=1 + +. ./config + +cat << EOF > conf/10-radeon.conf +# These configurations are required to correct issues with AMD graphics cards when +# they are run without firmware (as is the case in Trisquel). If you were +# to install the nonfree firmware, comment out the first block and uncomment +# the second, to revert to default settings. +# +# You may also need to check/edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-amdgpu.conf +# More info: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Hardware/research/gpu/radeon +# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units +# +# == More information on AMD graphics cards drivers in Trisquel == +# +# * Cards using the /drm/radeon kernel module: +# - Models released between ~2000 and ~2013 +# - Product names: Radeon 7000-9000, X700-X1000, HD2000-HD7000, and Radeon 200 +# - Use the "radeon" kernel module. This module works in Trisquel 11 or newer even +# without nonfree firmware blobs, although those are required for 3D/2D acceleration. +# - These cards don't initialize correctly if the radeon kernel module were to be disabled, +# unless the kernel parameter 'nomodeset' is used to disable modesetting. In that case, +# the non-accelerated vesa driver is used. The radeon module is enabled in Trisquel >= 11 +# +# * Cards using the /drm/amdgpu kernel module: +# - Models released starting 2015 +# - Product names: Radeon 200-600, Radeon RX Vega, Radeon VII, Radeon RX 5000 or newer +# - Use the "amdgpu" kernel module. This module does not work without nonfree firmware +# so it is disabled in Trisquel at /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-amdgpu.conf +# - Those cards seem to work correctly without the amdgpu module, and they revert to +# using the vesa driver without the need to use kernel parameters. + + +Section "OutputClass" + Identifier "Radeon" + MatchDriver "radeon" + Driver "modesetting" + Option "AccelMethod" "none" + Option "SWCursor" "True" +EndSection + + +#Section "OutputClass" +# Identifier "Radeon" +# MatchDriver "radeon" +# Driver "radeon" +#EndSection +EOF + +# Install the configuration file to /etc so user edits are permanent +sed 's|usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d|etc/X11/xorg.conf.d|' -i debian/xserver-xorg-video-radeon.install +sed 's|--libdir=/usr/lib|--libdir=/usr/lib --with-xorg-conf-dir=/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d|' -i debian/rules + +changelog "Custom config file to work without nonfree firmware" + +compile