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

[design [depois das dez]]

Jacques, you are the man! Thank you so much for your detailed explanation.
I had actually everything right, except the (y) for "include in-kernel
firmware blobs in kernel binary", which I was advised some time ago of not
adding it. Why should I need that? I thought I was using the open-source
firmware when opted for sys-kernel/linux-firmware.

Mick and Clemente, thanks anyway for your attention as well.


On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Jacques Montier <jmontier@×××××.com> wrote:

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> 2012/11/28 Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
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>> On Tuesday 27 Nov 2012 17:18:43 design [depois das dez] wrote:
>> > Fellow Gentooers,
>> >
>> > although I am very happy running a Gentoo box, sometimes I bump into
>> some
>> > difficulties, esp. when updating packages. This time I am having a hard
>> > time reconfiguring my video card, which was fine but is not anymore
>> after
>> > the last system update I've made. Gnome session goes up as usual but the
>> > resolution is not fine and monitor complains about not being in the
>> > recommended mode.
>> >
>> > 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?
>> >
>> > How do I know what is the video backend in my system? Is Xorg the only
>> one
>> > possible? What can I do to fix this problem?
>>
>> The link you provided says that you should disable framebuffer in your
>> kernel
>> config.  Have you tried that?
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Mick
>>
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>
> Hi,
>
> I have the same video card as yours (ATI 9600 RV350) on my old laptop and
> tried the new driver by enabling "modesetting on radeon by default".
> Device Drivers -> Graphic support -> Direct Rendering Manager (y) -> ATI
> Radeon (y) -> Enable Modesetting on radeon by default (y).
> I installed the sys-kernel/linux-firmware package, and enabled  include
> in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary
> Device Drivers -> Generic Driver Options -> include in-kernel firmware
> blobs in kernel binary (y)
> I let empty "External firmware blobs to build into the kernel binary".
>
> It did not work until i disabled ALL the drivers in "Support for frame
> buffer devices".
> Device Drivers -> Graphic support -> Support for frame buffer devices.
>
> I hope that will help.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Jacques
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