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Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 10:26:13 +0100
From: Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: Radeon 6870 Not Supported
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On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:57:37 -0800
"Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@speakeasy.org> wrote:

> I looked at 'man radeon' before purchasing a video card.
> 
> That man page says the chip is supported.
> 
> X will not start with the message "Radeon 6870 requires KMS"
> 
> Ooops!
> 

The manpage does reference the wiki, which states that radeon uses
KMS.

An alternative might be radeonhd.

-- 
Gary Jennejohn