Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update

[Mick]

On Friday 30 Nov 2012 09:01:35 Peter Weilbacher wrote:
> On 2012-11-28 00:08, Mick wrote:
> > On Tuesday 27 Nov 2012 17:18:43 design [depois das dez] wrote:
> >> My video driver is an ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350) and somebody has
> >> already
> >> updated the section on the Gentoo wiki
> >> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon#Kernels_.3E.3D3.0.0 informing
> >> that
> >> there might be incompatibilities concerning the RV350 firmware. I
> >> just
> >> don't have enough understanding of the video related parts of the
> >> system to
> >> tweak and fix this issue. How should I proceed when I have a problem
> >> of
> >> this sort?
>
> [...]
>
> > The link you provided says that you should disable framebuffer in
> > your kernel
> > config.  Have you tried that?
>
> I have the same problem and this solution sucks. :-(
> Before this update I had such a nice console setup with framebuffer
> splash,
> a nice small font, and a Gentoo decoration around it. Really sad to see
> that
> go.
>     Peter.

KMS should provide framebuffer now, so have you set KMS and firmware 
correctly?
-- 
Regards,
Mick