Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Daiajo Tibdixious <daiajo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: startx fails with backtrace and no errors
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:15:01
Message-Id: a4a9bfcb0904111814v238ecca6s700d49224c8ab953@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: startx fails with backtrace and no errors by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
2 <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote:
3 > On Samstag 11 April 2009, Daiajo Tibdixious wrote:
4 >> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote:
5 >> > Herbert Laubner <hlaubner@××××××.de> posted
6 >> > D9566854-E7E5-428D-9D44-C1AA2E22DC88@××××××.de, excerpted below, on  Fri,
7 >> >
8 >> > 10 Apr 2009 10:53:49 +0200:
9 >> >> An emerge --info would also be good.
10 >> >>
11 >> >> Am 10.04.2009 um 08:55 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann:
12 >> >>> On Freitag 10 April 2009, Daiajo Tibdixious wrote:
13 >> >>>> This is a new system, I've never manged to start X yet at all.
14 >> >>>>
15 >> >>>> Initially I had lots of (failed to load module) errors for various
16 >> >>>> modules, & "module ABI major version (1) doesn't match the server's
17 >> >>>> version (4)"
18 >> >>>
19 >> >>> how about posting this errors? like the whole Xorg.0.log?
20 >> >
21 >> > [Upside down posting, grumble grumble...]
22 >> >
23 >> > xorg.conf would be useful as well.
24 >>
25 >> My graphics card is a ATI Radeon HD4850.
26 >>
27 >> I haven't been able to get network connectivity between this machine
28 >> (a windows machine on the same local network) & my gentoo system.
29 >> Finally realised that USB key would be simple & finally got the files
30 >> transferred.
31 >>
32 >
33 > lets make it 'better':
34
35 Changed xorg.conf as suggested.
36
37 >> ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci
38 >> emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0
39 >> intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci"
40 >
41 > save yourself some time and remove all the cards you don't need.
42
43 I left this as is because I don't know what to use.
44 alsamixer comes up with the right card/chip, alsaconf doesn't find any
45 sound cards.
46 Thats a different problem.
47
48 Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers//radeon_drv.so
49 >> (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
50 >>       compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 6.12.1
51 >
52 > re-emerge the radeon driver.
53
54 Did this as well.
55
56 X now starts without complaints.
57 Thanks alot for your help.