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From: Espen Hustad <espen.hustad@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-kernel@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-kernel] Kernel configuration and DRI.
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:08:10
Message-Id: AANLkTin29GLBRXUYo8+EUMWOKi8HpRK-VzZogKQSWdRo@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-kernel] Kernel configuration and DRI. by "dE ."
1 Hi!
2
3 2010/12/30 dE . <de.techno@×××××.com>:
4 > The difference is too large.
5 >
6 > One more set of success. Better performance with the classic mesa BUT with
7 > KMS enabled using the Debian kernel and it's config.
8 >
9 > Still not reproducible with my custom config.
10 >
11 > Is there a way to just see which things the radeon KMS driver expects... and
12 > certain messages if they are not found?
13
14 Have you checked dmesg, and "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"?
15
16
17 > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 3:53 PM, <d.fedorov@×××××××.ru> wrote:
18 >>
19 >> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:42:09 +0100, Daniel Troeder <daniel@×××××××××.com>
20 >> wrote:
21 >> > On 12/26/2010 01:06 PM, dE . wrote:
22 >> >> Hi. you might know me from the forums, but unfortunately I've appeared
23 >> >> to have stumbled over a difficult problem -
24 >> >>
25 >> >> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-6487475.html
26 >> >>
27 >> >> I'm having a bad time configuring the kernel. I've enabled KMS (like
28 >> >> what's with Debian), used the latest xserver, mesa from the overlays
29 >> >> and
30 >> >> eselected mesa to galium (r300 and sw). On this setup, glxgears is
31 >> >> blank... the's just a blank windows with no reading of the fps drawn.
32 >> >>
33 >> >> On the other hand on Debian I get a sustainable FPS, if I copy over the
34 >> >> Debian kernel (and modules) to my Gentoo install, I get good FPS, so
35 >> >> there must been something wrong with my kernel configuration. The
36 >> >> Debian
37 >> >> guys have enabled KMS.
38 >> >>
39 >> >> RS690m chipset which hosts x1270.
40 >> > You can copy the ".config" from the debian kernel into the
41 >> > gentoo-kernel, run "make oldconfig" and see if that takes you in the
42 >> > right direction.
43 >> >
44 >> > Good luck,
45 >> > Daniel
46 >>
47 >> Better to copy ".config" and to use diff with your gentoo .config
48 >>
49 >
50 >

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