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From: Drake Donahue <donahue95@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] radeon driver problems
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2016 00:47:40
Message-Id: 1475974056.12504.3.camel@comcast.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] radeon driver problems by Daiajo Tibdixious
1 On Sun, 2016-10-09 at 08:03 +1100, Daiajo Tibdixious wrote:
2 > On 9 Oct 2016 7:45 am, "Daiajo Tibdixious" <daiajo@×××××.com> wrote:
3 > >
4 > > On 9 Oct 2016 12:09 am, "Drake Donahue" <donahue95@×××××××.net>
5 > wrote:
6 > > >
7 > > > On Sat, 2016-10-08 at 20:35 +1100, Daiajo Tibdixious wrote:
8 > > > This relates to my ATI driver conflict with xorg-server problem.
9 > > > > Sorry if this comes though in html format I did not realise the
10 > last
11 > > > > one was in html mode.
12 > > > > I'm trying the solution to stop using fglrx and just use the
13 > radeon
14 > > > > driver,
15 > > > > however I'm getting weird problems.
16 > > > >
17 > > > > I removed fglrx from VIDEO_CARDS. Enabled radeon driver as a
18 > module i
19 > > > >
20 > > > > the kernel,
21 > > > > plus several other options recommended by the wiki.
22 > > > > First I hacked \etc\X11\xorg.conf to removed the ATI specific
23 > code,
24 > > > > however I get the same problem with X -configure code.
25 > > > >
26 > > > > Googling the actual error "Screen 0 deleted because of no
27 > matching
28 > > > > config section"
29 > > > > shows that its not that, its some kind of driver problem.
30 > > > >
31 > > > > Any hints on what else I can try? I don't want to try the other
32 > > > > alternative (use fglrx with old versions of xorg-server and the
33 > > > > input-evdev,video-ati drivers) yet.
34 > > >
35 > > > Assuming you run udev or eudev and dbus, recommend you delete or
36 > rename
37 > > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf and allow the xorg server provided script to
38 > run and
39 > > > do the configuration for you.
40 > > > If xorg still fails, recommend you run
41 > > > awk
42 > > > '/CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO/,/CONFIG_SOUND/'
43 > /usr/src/linux/.config 
44 > > > and
45 > > > provide the result here or in a pastebin.
46 > > >
47 > > With no xorg. conf get
48 > > Open /dev/dri/card0: no such file or directory
49 > > I do have udev with no custom setup. 
50 > > There is no output from that awk, CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not
51 > in .config
52 > It finds PCI:*(0:1:0:0) then later says Device(s) detected, but none
53 > match those in config file
54 > (I would have cut heaps of included text but cut/paste not working
55 > well on phone) I'll send log file later
56 Sorry, my copy and paste slipped and I lost the ability to read:
57 awk '/Graphics support/,/CONFIG_SOUND/' /usr/src/linux/.config
58 Same suspicion as Duncan--kernel config at fault.