Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DRM kernel issues

2014-03-27 Thread wraeth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 28/03/14 12:04, James wrote: > So I must make modification so the ati-drivers is not called by > xorg-drivers. The desktop is simple X with LXDE and openbox; so why is > ati-drivers being called by xorg-drivers? Because I have this set up in >

[gentoo-user] Re: DRM kernel issues

2014-03-27 Thread James
wraeth privatdemail.net> writes: > > So I built this kernel twice, one with DRM * and once DRM [m] > > Sure it can easily be related to my limited knowledge of grub2, but I did > > boot the 3.13.6B version of the kernel where all is set as modules > The build process builds against wha

[gentoo-user] Re: DRM kernel issues

2014-03-27 Thread James
Mick gmail.com> writes: > > But compiling the driver still fails, despite making DRM[m] > > as suggested: > This much works fine here: > # Generic Driver Options SNIP > Regards, > Mick Hey, thx Mick. This problem is related to my quandry of how to manage grub2 efficiently. It's likely to ta

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DRM kernel issues

2014-03-26 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 26 Mar 2014 15:01:07 James wrote: > wraeth privatdemail.net> writes: > > That being said, I'm pretty sure the warning you're being presented with > > is just a warning and is safe to ignore, given that you know you need to > > be running a kernel that does not have DRM built-in. > >

[gentoo-user] Re: DRM kernel issues

2014-03-26 Thread James
wraeth privatdemail.net> writes: > That being said, I'm pretty sure the warning you're being presented with is > just a warning and is safe to ignore, given that you know you need to be > running a kernel that does not have DRM built-in. Ah, look what I verified: glxinfo name of display: :0 di

[gentoo-user] Re: DRM kernel issues

2014-03-26 Thread James
Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options... > > (red) * CONFIG_DRM must be disabled or compiled as a module and not > > (red) * loaded for direct rendering to work. > > * Please check to make sure these options are set correctly. > Doesn't

[gentoo-user] Re: DRM kernel issues

2014-03-26 Thread James
wraeth privatdemail.net> writes: > That being said, I'm pretty sure the warning you're being presented with is > just a warning and is safe to ignore, given that you know you need to be > running a kernel that does not have DRM built-in. Well this is good news too I suspected something like