Re: [gentoo-user] Distorted Mirroed Overlapping screen with ATI Rage card

[Christopher Lemire]

I tried disabling r128 and building the raedon driver into the kernel.
However, I am getting the message raedon module not found. It's not a
module. It's built into the kernel. Xorg.0.log. I mistakenly typed raedom,
but then fixed it to raedon, so if you see that in log, I corrected it and
tried starting X again.

http://vpaste.net/K3N1v

Here's my .config:
http://vpaste.net/1MsRr

With no xorg.conf, I get:

beastlinux X11 # startx
xauth:  file /root/.serverauth.1891 does not exist


X.Org X Server 1.12.2
Release Date: 2012-05-29
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.12-gentoo-laptop i686 Gentoo
Current Operating System: Linux beastlinux 3.2.12-gentoo-laptop #2 Fri Jul
6 14:39:55 CDT 2012 i686
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda3
Build Date: 05 July 2012  05:40:09AM

Current version of pixman: 0.24.0
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jul  6 14:57:42 2012
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
     at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional
information.

Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.


Christopher Lemire <christopher.lemire@×××××.com>
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On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:

> On Friday 06 Jul 2012 05:09:08 Christopher Lemire wrote:
> > **This is what my laptop's screen with a newly installed Gentoo system
> > running twm to test X looks like (attached image). It's distorted with
> > overlapping and mirrored image. I have a Dell Latitude C800 with the
> video
> > card.
> >
> > http://img6.imagebanana.com/img/qq4qz9jf/0705122206.jpg
> >
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> nee
> > ATI Rage Mobility M4 AGP [1002:4d46]
> > Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:00a3]
> > Kernel driver in use: aty128fb
> >
> > Yes, I have compiled the r128 driver directly into the kernel. Various
> > people around the internet had posted xorg.conf that was supposed "ati"
> as
> > the driver. I do not have that driver. I substituted in the same
> xorg.conf
> > with r128, and I still had the same issue. I tried with no xorg.conf (the
> > default), and I couldn't startx, errored and crashed. I had also tried X
> > -configure and had the same distorted screen. I know it is possible to
> get
> > this working just fine. I had it working just fine in Arch Linux with
> r128.
> > I really don't want to go back to using Arch. I already used fdisk on it
> to
> > install this new Gentoo system.
>
> You should still be able to startx with no xorg.conf, as long as you have
> KMS
> built in the kernel, any firmware required for your card installed and
> instructions followed closely here:
>
>   http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
>
> PS.  'ati' is the proprietary driver.  Given the age of your card you
> probably
> need 'radeon' specified in your make.conf.  The above link explains the
> necessary.
>
> HTH.
> --
> Regards,
> Mick
>