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On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:47:44 +0200, Alex Schuster <wonko@×××××××××.org> |
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> Nikos Chantziaras writes: |
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>> On 10/23/2009 03:15 PM, Alex Schuster wrote: |
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>> > I did not try ati-drivers. Her card is a RV505 (Radeon X1550 Series) |
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>> > which is no longer supported by current ati-drivers. Older drivers |
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>> > might still work for a while, but only with kernels< 2.6.29. And I |
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>> > suspect the problem is not the driver itself, because radeon does not |
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>> > work, too, and I also had similar problems of a blank screen with an |
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>> > ATI card and different drivers. |
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>> |
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>> For the radeon X driver (which *is* the best choice for the X1000 |
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>> series) make sure you also have radeon in-kernel support enabled. |
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> It is enabled, and according do dmesg, it is running fine: |
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> [ 387.433698] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 |
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> [ 387.535673] [drm] Initialized radeon 1.30.0 20080528 for 0000:02:00.0 |
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> on |
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> minor 0 |
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> But that's only for GLX, right? So even if it weren't enabled, I should |
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> see |
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> something, I guess. |
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Yes. |
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What kind of blank is it? Do you see the mouse pointer at least? Do the |
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monitor(s) stay on or do they go into standby mode? I've had issues with |
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radeon in the past, and after asking in the mailing list it seemed like |
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some issue with my AGP card. Some developer suggested to try this in the |
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xorg.conf file and it worked for me: |
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Option "BusType" "PCIE" |
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And yes, it's an AGP card. The logic behind this is out of my |
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understanding. You can see the thread here: |
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http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.freedesktop.xorg.drivers.ati/10628/match=i92guboj |
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If you have problems with the radeon (not fglrx or radeonhd) driver, I |
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suggest posting to that list. It's probably the best place to get help if |
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the standard procedures do not work. |
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Jesús Guerrero |