On Fre, 2013-08-30 at 12:44 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 16:34:44 +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > Upstream xf86-video-ati 7.x only works with KMS anymore. You'll need to > > enable it with something like > > > > radeon.modeset=1 video=radeonfb:off > > > > on the kernel command line if you want to use a current version of the > > driver. > > > Shouldn't the driver bail in the probe callback though if kms is not > enabled? That would allow the server to use a fallback driver like > fbdev.
The driver does that AFAICT from looking at radeon_probe.c. Not sure why the fallback isn't working properly, I guess we'd have to see at least the Xorg.0.log file corresponding to that case. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.amd.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]
