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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Blank screen in X, no errors in Xorg.log
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 09:16:05
Message-Id: 17597716.aoFzrZDmA2@localhost
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Blank screen in X, no errors in Xorg.log by Adam Carter
1 Am Sonntag 02 Oktober 2011, 17:51:19 schrieb Adam Carter:
2 > HW = Chipset: "ATI Radeon HD 4250 " (Chipset = 0x9715)
3 >
4 > Config is mostly taken from a working amd64 + radeon system.
5 > linux-firmware is installed. No errors or warning in the the xorg
6 > logs, but startx returns a blank screen on both the VGA and HDMI
7 > outputs. It also fails with no xorg.conf. There's no process called X
8 > or anything related to X, if i ssh in from another machine and run
9 > 'pgrep -lf X' as root.
10 >
11 > When using fglrx;
12 > proxy adam # tail Xorg.0.log
13 > [ 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI FireGL DRM kernel module
14 > [ 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver.
15 > [ 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information:
16 > [ 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE:
17 > 3.0.4-gentoo [ 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS:
18 > no [ 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: yes [
19 > 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000 [
20 > 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] register handle = 0x00004000
21 > [ 458.526] (II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull
22 > [ 458.526] (II) fglrx(0): FBADPhys: 0xc0000000 FBMappedSize: 0x0100e000
23 > proxy adam #
24 >
25 >
26 > When using the radeon driver;
27 > proxy adam # tail /root/Xorg.0.log
28 > [ 123.799] GC: 0 objects of 72 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
29 > [ 123.799] CURSOR: 0 objects of 8 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
30 > [ 123.799] CURSOR_BITS: 0 objects of 8 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private
31 > allocs [ 123.799] DBE_WINDOW: 0 objects of 24 bytes = 0 total bytes 0
32 > private allocs [ 123.799] TOTAL: 1 objects, 120 bytes, 0 allocs
33 > [ 123.800] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
34 > [ 123.800] (II) APM registered successfully
35 > [ 123.800] (II) RADEON(0): RADEONScreenInit d0000000 0 0
36 > [ 123.862] Output CRT1 disable success
37 > [ 123.871] Blank
38 >
39 > What's my next step?
40 >
41 >
42 > xorg.conf is;
43 > Section "ServerLayout"
44 > Identifier "Layout"
45 > Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
46 > EndSection
47 >
48 > Section "Files"
49 > # These are not needed for fglrx, but will be for radeon
50 > ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
51 > ModulePath "/usr/lib64/opengl/xorg-x11/extensions/"
52 > EndSection
53 >
54 > Section "ServerFlags"
55 > Option "Xinerama" "off"
56 > #Option "blank time" "5" # Blank the screen after 5 minutes
57 > (Fake) Option "standby time" "10" # Turn off screen after 10 minutes
58 > (DPMS) Option "suspend time" "20" # Full suspend after 20 minutes Option
59 > "off time" "30" # Turn off after half an hour
60 > EndSection
61 >
62 > Section "Monitor"
63 > Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
64 > Option "DPMS" "true"
65 > Option "PreferredMode" "1440x900"
66 > EndSection
67 >
68 > Section "Device"
69 > Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
70 > Driver "fglrx"
71 > #Driver "radeon"
72 > Option "backingstore" "true"
73 > #BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
74 > #BusID "PCI:0@1:0:1"
75 > # dynamicclocks is for powersaving but not impl on flgrx
76 > #Option "DynamicClocks" "on"
77 > #Option "RenderAccel" "true" - not supported by flgrx
78 > #Option "AccelMethod" "exa" - not supported by flgrx
79 > #Option "UseFastTLS" "1"
80 > #Option "EnablePageFlip" "true" - not supported by flgrx
81 > EndSection
82 >
83 > Section "Screen"
84 > Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
85 > Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
86 > Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
87 > DefaultDepth 24
88 > SubSection "Display"
89 > Viewport 0 0
90 > Depth 24
91 > EndSubSection
92 > EndSection
93 >
94 > Section "Extensions"
95 > Option "Composite" "Enable"
96 > EndSection
97 >
98 > Section "InputClass"
99 > Identifier "keyboard-all"
100 > Driver "evdev"
101 > #Option "XkbLayout" "us,cz"
102 > #Option "XkbModel" "logitech_g15"
103 > Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
104 > #Option "XkbOptions"
105 > "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp:switch,grp_led:scroll,compose:rwin,terminate:ctrl_
106 > alt_bksp" Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
107 > #Option "XkbVariant" ",qwerty"
108 > MatchIsKeyboard "on"
109 > EndSection
110
111 post Xorg.0.log?
112
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