xorg and radeon, widescreen

[Scott Bennett]

     On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:29:34 +0100 "Max Russell" <thedossone at googlemail.com>
wrote:
>I'm having issues with my X1350, video7 flatscreen and xorg.conf - the
>relevant sections of my xorg follow:
>
>Section "ServerLayout"
>    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
>    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Files"
>    RgbPath      "/usr/local/share/X11/rgb"
>    ModulePath   "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
>    FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>    FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
>    FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF"
>    FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
>    FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>    FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
>    FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/URW/"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Module"
>    Load  "GLcore"
>    Load  "dbe"
>    Load  "dri"
>    Load  "extmod"
>    Load  "glx"
>    Load  "record"
>    Load  "xtrap"
>    Load  "freetype"
>    Load  "type1"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Monitor"
>    Identifier   "Monitor0"
>    VendorName   "VideoSeven"
>    ModelName    "R19W01"
>    Modeline "1440x900_60.00"  106.47  1440 1520 1672 1904  900 901 904 932
>-HSync +Vsync
>EndSection
>
>Section "Device"
>        ### Available Driver options are:-
>        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
>        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
>        ### [arg]: arg optional
>        #Option     "ShadowFB"               # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "DefaultRefresh"         # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "ModeSetClearScreen"     # [<bool>]
>    Identifier  "Card0"
>    Driver      "vesa"
>    VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
>    BoardName   "RV515 [Radeon X1300]"
>    BusID       "PCI:2:0:0"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Screen"
>    Identifier "Screen0"
>    Device     "Card0"
>    Monitor    "Monitor0"
>    DefaultDepth 24
>    SubSection "Display"
>        Viewport   0 0
>        Depth     1
>    EndSubSection
>    SubSection "Display"
>        Viewport   0 0
>        Depth     4
>    EndSubSection
>    SubSection "Display"
>        Viewport   0 0
>        Depth     8
>    EndSubSection
>    SubSection "Display"
>        Viewport   0 0
>        Depth     15
>    EndSubSection
>    SubSection "Display"
>        Viewport   0 0
>        Depth     16
>    EndSubSection
>    SubSection "Display"
>        Viewport   0 0
>        Depth     24
>        Modes "1440x900_60"
>    EndSubSection
>EndSection
>
>this fails to start x with the /var/log entry reading -
>(WW) RADEON: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:2:0:1) found
>(EE) No devices detected.
>
>Fatal server error:
>no screens found
>
>It has been suggested to me that I comment out the BusID entry, however I am
>unsure as to why this should work?
>
     It most likely will work because the server will detect the address
correctly when allowed to (see the RADEON warning message above).  You
apparently specified the wrong address in the BusID line, which resulted in
the "No devices detected." error message above.  Stop giving it the wrong
address.  Just remove the BusID line, and try it, for goodness's sake.


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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