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From: Peter Weilbacher <newsspam@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:55:00
Message-Id: a50d130d3537b62048f81f14404186e8@weilbacher.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update by Jacques Montier
1 On 2012-12-04 11:05, Jacques Montier wrote:
2 > 2012/12/4 Peter Weilbacher <newsspam@××××××××××.org>
3 >
4 >> On 2012-11-30 18:47, Mick wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> KMS should provide framebuffer now, so have you set KMS and
7 >>> firmware
8 >>> correctly?
9 >>
10 >> I just didn't realize that this is the case, so maybe my setup is
11 >> wrong.
12 >> I'll study the documentation again.
13 >
14 > Don't forget to disable all the drivers in "Support for frame buffer
15 > devices" of your kernel configuration.
16
17 Right, I did that now, and have the framebuffer splash back. X also
18 starts
19 but the whole system locks hard once gdm tries to paint the login area.
20 Unfortunately, after rebooting the log doesn't give me any useful
21 output.
22 I have to fiddle around with the setup a bit to see what's wrong, maybe
23 something's still missing.
24
25 Cheers,
26 Peter.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update Peter Weilbacher <newsspam@××××××××××.org>