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  • Use aticonfig to generate an xorg.conf file.
  • Add fglrx to MODULES list in /etc/rc.conf.
  • add nomodeset to kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst ie., kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/1aa731c0-f626-4d01-a551-8eed3c2a35f3 ro nomodeset

To get it working with xorg-server >=1.8 you need patched xorg-server. you may get it from [catalyst] repo, more here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI_Catalyst#Catalyst.27s_repositories

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