On Don, 2012-07-12 at 10:58 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 12/07/12 04:01 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Mit, 2012-07-11 at 13:59 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > >> DRM Information from dmesg: > >> --------------------------- > >> [ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found > >> [ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found > >> [ 2.160898] PCI-DMA: Disabling AGP. > >> [ 2.160985] PCI-DMA: Reserving 64MB of IOMMU area in the AGP aperture > >> [ 2.456450] Linux agpgart interface v0.103 > > Looks like something is preventing the radeon kernel driver from > > loading / initializing. Make sure the radeon kernel module isn't > > blacklisted, e.g. > > > > The X radeon driver can't work without the corresponding kernel driver > > on your card, which probably also explains the resolution problem. > > > > > The radeon module can't be blacklisted. The onboard video (HD 3300) I > have reverted to also uses it. > > re. Kernel driver: Thanks. I didn't realize that it needed a kernel > driver. I've followed instructions at > http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonBuildHowTo#Kernel-based_ModeSetting and will > give it another try. > > ------------------- > > Further to above - still no joy in Mudville. If I > modprobe -v radeon modeset=1 > from a "rescue" console login, the screen changes into a higher text > resolution but startx gives me a graphics screen with an error message > about something having gone wrong. > > Attached is the latest log which should contain the last couple attempts > to startx.
[...] > [ 14.763] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported. > [ 14.763] (II) GPU only supported with KMS, using vesa instead. Still doesn't look like the kernel driver is active. Please provide the corresponding dmesg output. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.amd.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
