ATI HD 4650 (RV730) driver ?

beni beni at brinckman.info
Sat Jan 2 16:24:52 UTC 2010


Op zaterdag 2 januari 2010 16:56:59 schreef Roland Smith:
> On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 04:16:46PM +0100, beni wrote:
> > I am running 7.2-stable :
> > [beni at bsdaddict /usr/home/beni]$ uname -v
> > FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #3: Mon Oct  5 10:30:23 EDT 2009
> > kris at pcbsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PCBSD.i386
> > [beni at bsdaddict /usr/home/beni]$
>
> I'm not sure if this is recent enough. During the 7-STABLE cycle there was
> a merge of updated DRM code, but I don't recall when it was...
>
> > But still nothing with the xserver... I changed the driver in xorg.conf
> > Device Section to radeon and radeonhd, but all i get is :
> > [beni at bsdaddict /usr/home/beni]$ tail /var/log/messages
> > Jan  2 16:00:23 bsdaddict kdm-bin[6995]: X server for display :0 cannot
> > be started, session disabled
> > Jan  2 16:00:25 bsdaddict kdm-bin[7015]: X server died during startup
> > Jan  2 16:00:25 bsdaddict kdm-bin[7015]: X server for display :0 cannot
> > be started, session disabled
> > Jan  2 16:00:27 bsdaddict kdm-bin[7035]: X server died during startup
> > Jan  2 16:00:27 bsdaddict kdm-bin[7035]: X server for display :0 cannot
> > be started, session disabled
> > Jan  2 16:00:27 bsdaddict init: getty repeating too quickly on port
> > /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs
>
> Unfortunately this does not give any relevant information. What does the
> logfile /var/log/Xorg.0.log say about the cause of the failure?
>
> (When trying stuff it is better to use startx (or startkde or whatever it's
>  instead of gdm, IMHO.)
>
> > But you use the xf86-video-ati driver and not the xf86-video-radeonhd
> > driver ?
>
> Yes. I've had trouble with OpenGL apps freezing the server with radeonhd.
>
> Roland

These are the last lines of Xorg.0.log :

(II) RADEONHD: version 1.2.5, built from dist of git branch master, commit 
cb54f48b

(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01 at 00:00:0
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
         at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional 
information.

[beni at bsdaddict /var/log]$

It makes no difference if i use the ati, radeon or radeonhd driver in 
xorg.conf... 

-- 
Beni.


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