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On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Don Wilburn <bodhisattva@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Dear silent alpha list, |
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> I got X to work with my GeForce card and the nv driver. It was functional, |
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> but underwhelming. So, I got a PCI Radeon card via eBay. |
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> Specifically, it's a Visiontek 9250. The lspci output calls it an RV280 |
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> 9200 PRO. So far, I can't get X to work. |
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> Like nouveau for my nVidia card, the kernel DRM radeon module won't load. |
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> Running modprobe radeon fails and says "Exec format error." The dmesg |
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> output says something about "Relocation (type 4) overflow vs |
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> radeon_resume_kms." |
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> Question 1: Does the kernel module work with any alpha, or is it just mine? |
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It should work. My complete guess is that the module is too large. |
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Maybe try building it into your kernel? I suspect that might make the |
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problem more obvious. |
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> Even worse, the xorg driver doesn't seem to work for me. The Xorg website |
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> says the radeon driver works with the RV280/9250 chip. The Xorg.0.log shows |
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> a long list of radeon models, but none of the 9200/9250 models say PCI. |
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> They say AGP or IGP. |
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I don't expect the 2D driver will work without the kernel module. |
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Focus on the kernel module first. |
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> I tried to copycat a google result pertaining to a ppc iMac and made a conf |
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> file to explicitly relate the radeon driver to the device by BusID, but that |
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> didn't help. |
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> Question 2: Does anyone have a PCI radeon 9250 working in their alpha? |
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I've had a Radeon 9100 working in an alpha, as well as others. A 9250 |
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should work. |