On Sam, 2010-09-04 at 12:35 +0200, Pietro Battiston wrote: > > I'm attaching dmesg and Xorg.0.log, which seems more interesting > (both after starting the system, waiting for gdm prompt, switching to a > virtual console and waiting several seconds).
[...] > (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed because of a version > mismatch. > [dri] This chipset requires a kernel module version of 1.17.0, > [dri] but the kernel reports a version of 2.0.0.[dri] If using legacy > modesetting, upgrade your kernel. > [dri] If using kernel modesetting, make sure your module is > [dri] loaded prior to starting X, and that this driver was built > [dri] with support for KMS. Something goes wrong on your system, such that the radeon kernel module enables KMS but the X radeon driver thinks it's not enabled, resulting in both drivers accessing the hardware independently. This can't work properly. While this is probably some kind of system setup/configuration issue, the X driver should probably bail in this situation... -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

