[ltp] manage Ati display card

[Alex Deucher]

On 6/4/06, Bobby <bobby001@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for your answer
>
> can you tell me the value of the option : Option "DynamicClocks" "value"
>

TRUE or FALSE

Alex

> 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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