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-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
index 82730c5e80c62..b1a316706976c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ let
     # Alias so people can keep using "virtualbox" instead of "vboxvideo".
     virtualbox = { modules = [ xorg.xf86videovboxvideo ]; driverName = "vboxvideo"; };
 
+    # Alias so that "radeon" uses the xf86-video-ati driver.
+    radeon = { modules = [ xorg.xf86videoati ]; driverName = "ati"; };
+
     # modesetting does not have a xf86videomodesetting package as it is included in xorgserver
     modesetting = {};
   };
@@ -241,7 +244,7 @@ in
       videoDrivers = mkOption {
         type = types.listOf types.str;
         # !!! We'd like "nv" here, but it segfaults the X server.
-        default = [ "ati" "cirrus" "vesa" "vmware" "modesetting" ];
+        default = [ "radeon" "cirrus" "vesa" "vmware" "modesetting" ];
         example = [
           "ati_unfree" "amdgpu" "amdgpu-pro"
           "nv" "nvidia" "nvidiaLegacy390" "nvidiaLegacy340" "nvidiaLegacy304"