Ok... I tried the xf86-video-radeonhd driver, to no avail.
Then tried xf86-video-ati-6.14.3 with marginally better results.
Using the ati driver, which reports that it works for the HD5500, Xorg
hobbles and writes a config file.
When it attempts to start, the log shows a boatload of information
stuff, a few warnings, and finally
(EE) RADEON(0): Acceleration initialization failed
(II) Acceleration disabled
After which I'm left with the tail of the log file on the display,
but no prompt, and X is still running.
That is the only EE posted.
Questions:
1. Since the driver notes that Acceleration was disabled, but there are
no other errors, shouldn't the driver work in dumb frame buffer mode?
(Hoping to get something hobbling along...) Or is this the result of
the need for KMS and I'm SOL?
2. Since the server didn't exit, is it actually pretending to run?
Shouldn't I be seeing the standard X grey hatched background? Or is the
server running, but the driver isn't passing bits on appropriately?
3. The Xorg man page notes that <ctrl><alt><bksp> should cause it to
exit. However, it doesn't, and I had to use kill -TERM. Any hints on
why <ctrl><alt><bksp> doesn't cause it to exit?
On 5/19/2012 8:00 AM, Warren Block wrote:
On Fri, 18 May 2012, Gary Aitken wrote:
Trying to set up a new box 9.0-RELEASE w/ X; has ATI Radeon HD5500 card.
X.org -config says:
Missing output drivers. Configuration failed.
From X.org I see one is supposed to get linux drivers from ati/amd,
but this info is over 2 years old and
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
only allows choices of drivers for windoze.
Can anyone point me to a useable driver, or if these cards are
essentially unusable, make a suggestion for a reliable card suitable
for non-gaming (2-D) X work?
The radeon driver wants KMS for cards later than the 4000 series. A few
of the 5000 series may somewhat work with the existing UMS driver, but
most do not.
KMS for Intel video is being worked on and already being used, but AFAIK
work has not even begun for the Radeons.
Should one use an Nvidia card with the Linux 295.53 driver?
A Radeon 4650 works fine with the current radeon driver. The Nvidia
cards are faster with the FreeBSD version of their proprietary driver,
...but it's a proprietary driver.
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