X does not want to start

[Gary Jennejohn]

On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:51:15 +0200
"Stevan Tiefert" <stevan_tiefert at yahoo.de> wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary Jennejohn" <gary.jennejohn at freenet.de>
> To: <freebsd-x11 at freebsd.org>
> Cc: "Stevan Tiefert" <stevan_tiefert at yahoo.de>
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 2:22 PM
> Subject: Re: X does not want to start
> 
> 
> > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:04:36 +0200
> > "Stevan Tiefert" <stevan_tiefert at yahoo.de> wrote:
> >
> > [snip script of Xorg start]
> > >
> > > I am using an ATI HD2600Pro, FreeBSD 7.2 and the release packages. Has
> > > somebody an idea?
> > >
> >
> > /var/log/Xorg.0.log probably contains much more detailed information.
> >
> > Are you using the ati or radeonhd(-devel) driver?  radeonhd (which I'm
> > using) at least claims to support the HD2600Pro.
> >
> 
> I have no xorg.conf created. The X-Server is configuring himself. Here is
> the /var/log/Xorg.0.log:
> 
> X.Org X Server 1.6.0
> 
> Driver "ati"
> 

OK, it's using the ati driver.

> (WW) RADEON(0): R600 support is mostly incomplete and very experimental
> 

Hmm. The radeonhd driver supports this chip family (R600) better.

> (II) RADEON(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.300 V
> 

What?  This is an analog display but it's connected to DVI?  Are you
using a DVI-to-VGA adapter?

I find it weird that Xorg seems to be finding the monitor on both DVI-0
and DVI-1.

> (II) RADEON(0): EDID vendor "AY_", prod id 765
> 
> (II) RADEON(0): Output DVI-1 disconnected
> 
> (II) RADEON(0): Output DVI-0 connected
> 
> (II) RADEON(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
> 
> (EE) RADEON(0): Output DVI-0 enabled but has no modes
> after xf86InitialConfiguration
> 

I'm not sure what this means, but in my experience it usually seems to
be because the driver can't find a suitable clock to use.

I'd delete the ati driver and try it with radeonhd myself.

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Gary Jennejohn