On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 11:45:21 -0500, Dave Nebinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have recently lost 3d support for my ATI Radeon 9600, and am using > > x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r1 and media-video/ati-drivers-8.10.19. > > > > In my /var/log/Xorg.0.log, excerpted below, it complains that > > /dev/dri/card0 doesn't exist and sure enough: > > 6.8.2-r1 is a new release of xorg; I'm going to assume that you've followed > the instructions to emerge xorg only when X is not running... > > If I remember correctly, the /dev/dri/card0 is created when the module(s) > are loaded. I'd suggest getting into console mode, emerge xorg again, then > reboot or restart X. > > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > >
>> (WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! * >> (WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) * This makes me think that the kernel module isn't loaded. You might want to make sure the module is available for your running kernel and that it is loaded before you start X. -- [email protected] mailing list
