radeon hd4650 problem

[beni]

On Monday 15 March 2010 16:04:21 Robert Noland wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 15:07 +0100, beni wrote:
> > On Sunday 14 March 2010 18:53:40 Robert Noland wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2010-03-14 at 17:32 +0100, beni wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I'm running 8.0-RELEASE-p2.
> > > > I am trying to use the radeon (or radeonhd) driver for my Sapphire
> > > > HD4650 card. But it doesn't work. I get a black screen just before
> > > > the logon/login screen should appear. And my pc freezes. I can not
> > > > get into a console with alt-f<x>. The only way out is a cold
> > > > reset/reboot. The only driver working now is Vesa in 1280x1024, but
> > > > that leaves a black border of 7-8 cm on both sides of my 23 inch
> > > > monitor...
> > > > I asked for help on the OpenSuse mailinglist (i found their email
> > > > address in the Xorg.0.log) but they said it is the drm kernel module
> > > > that is not up to date (see thread on
> > > > http://lists.opensuse.org/radeonhd/2010-03/msg00012.html). I manually
> > > > recreated a new /root/xorg.conf.new and copied it to /X11, but with
> > > > the same negative result so far.
> > >
> > > The linux folks don't know much about what is going on in FreeBSD...
> > > Especially not the suse folks.  The ATI/AMD folks are fairly aware,
> > > but...
> > >
> > > > I am pasting my /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log here.
> > > > Please cc me as i not subscribed to the list.
> > > > Thanks for any help !
> > > > Beni.
> > >
> > > This is an agp card?
> >
> > This is indeed an agp card.
> >
> > > I have an idea of what is going wrong, but I would like to see an Xorg
> > > log file using the radeon driver to verify.  Based on the addresses
> > > reported, I suspect that your ring buffer is being mapped inside of the
> > > framebuffer, which usually appears as corruption along with other odd
> > > issues.  If so, I already have patches for that...
> > >
> > > Other possible things to try are to force it into pci mode.
> > >
> > > Option "BusType" "PCI"
> > >
> > > robert.
> >
> > The Xorg.0.log file was below in the previous mail, under the xorg.conf
> > file. But i can post it pastebin if you want it.
> 
> That was with radeonhd, which doesn't output the clue that I'm looking
> for.
> 
> > Where do i put that option ? In the Section Device ?
> 
> Yes, exactly.  The same for the options adjusting the AGPMode.
> 
> robert.
> 
> > Thanks for your help !
> > Beni.
> 
This log file is with the radeon driver, not the radeonhd (as i used the 
radeon driver in xorg.conf). I can try with the radeonhd driver in xorg.conf 
and save that xorg.0.log to have both.
 
Beni.