Direct rendering doesn't work with Xorg 6.8.1

[Thomas Sparrevohn]

On Thursday 23 December 2004 21:30, James Earl wrote:
> Roland Smith wrote:
> > After upgrading to 6.8.1, direct rendering stopped working. According to
> > the X logfile, direct rendering is enabled:
> >
> > (relevant portion from the logfile)
> >
> > Roland
>
> Same here.  I also had this problem with 6.7.0.
>
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-amd64/2004-December/002811.html
>
> It does feels like DRI is still working (at least 2D)... I haven't
> tested any OpenGL apps though.
>
> JamesdrmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: minor is 2
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card2
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: minor is 3
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card3
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: minor is 4
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card4
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: minor is 5
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card5
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: minor is 6
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card6
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: minor is 7
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card7
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: minor is 8
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card8
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: minor is 9
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card9
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: minor is 10
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card10
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such file or directory)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: minor is 11

up to card15 - I in the middle of upgrading and see how it goes (PS. I am 
running Current - cvsup'ed yeaterday late
I have been having the same problem with 6.7.0 e.g. with a Radeon Mobility 
7500 - It seems that the DRI driver does not load 
e.g.