[ltp] manage Ati display card

[Bobby]

Thanks for your answer

can you tell me the value of the option : Option "DynamicClocks" "value"

thanks
On Jun 4, 2006, at 11:44 PM, Alex Deucher wrote:

> On 6/4/06, Bobby <bobby001@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> My laptop is a T41p with Ati FireGL T2 (9600)
>>
>> I want to know if it's possible to use the powerplay feature with the
>> Xorg 7.0 ati driver ? I never use the 3D Acceleration and I want to
>> save some energy when I'm running on battery.
>
> ati has not released the specs needed for full powerplay support.  the
> open driver has a dynamic clocks feature (Option "DynamicClocks")
> which allows the varous chip clocks to scale depending on load.
>
>>
>> Concerning Xorg, someone can tell me which option I have to use for
>> use the transparency with my X ?
>
> this is a rather complicated question.  first you need to enable the
> composite extension in your X server.  then you need to be running a
> composite manager.  for fast compositing, you'll need either exa
> render accel or hw accelerated indirect rendering, or xgl.  Any of
> these will work, but all require a slightly different setup.
>
> Alex
>
>>
>> And if someone can explain me how to use hdparm for save some energy
>> too (stop hd when inactivity or this kind of things)
>>
>> thanks for your help.
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