On December 29, 2016 3:24:27 PM GMT+01:00, Alan Mackenzie <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi, Gentoo. > >I'm having trouble with my kernel 4.4.26. It will do everything >expected of it except for running X Windows. > >I've checked I've got the kernel configuration set up as described in >the gentoo wiki documents, unless I've overlooked something. > >What happens is that I run "startx", and a little while later, the X >server reports that no screens are found. > >More precisely, the following appears in Xorg.0.log: > > KAVERI, KAVERI, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, > HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII >[ 47.952] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: >kms >[ 47.952] (--) using VT number 7 > >[ 47.963] (II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled. >[ 47.963] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting >[ 47.963] (EE) No devices detected. >[ 47.963] (EE) >Fatal server error: >[ 47.963] (EE) no screens found(EE) >[ 47.963] (EE) >Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support > at http://wiki.x.org > for help. >[ 47.963] (EE) Please also check the log file at >"/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. >[ 47.963] (EE) > >Note the "No devices detected". > > >The corresponding piece of the working Xorg.0.log in my older kernel >is: > > KAVERI, KAVERI, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, > HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII >[ 188.705] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: >kms >[ 188.705] (--) using VT number 7 > >[ 188.713] (II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled. >[ 188.713] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting >[ 188.713] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no >multi-card support >[ 188.713] (II) RADEON(0): Creating default Display subsection in >Screen section > "Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32 >[ 188.713] (==) RADEON(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 >[ 188.713] (II) RADEON(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes >(32 bpp pixmaps) >[ 188.713] (==) RADEON(0): Default visual is TrueColor >[ 188.713] (==) RADEON(0): RGB weight 888 >[ 188.713] (II) RADEON(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC) >[ 188.713] (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon HD 4550" (ChipID = >0x9540) > > >Needless to say, the kernel version is the sole difference between the >non-working 4.4.26 and the working 4.0.5. > >Would somebody please help me track down this problem. Thanks!
I ended up skipping 4.4 kernels as I had problems as well. Not with X, but hibernate wasn't working. 4.6 and 4.8 kernels do seem to work better. You could try a more recent one as well. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
