Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:23:05 +0100 From: beni <beni@brinckman.info> To: Robert Noland <rnoland@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: radeon hd4650 problem Message-ID: <201003151623.06022.beni@brinckman.info> In-Reply-To: <1268665461.2608.350.camel@balrog.2hip.net> References: <201003141732.01968.beni@brinckman.info> <201003151507.13248.beni@brinckman.info> <1268665461.2608.350.camel@balrog.2hip.net>
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On Monday 15 March 2010 16:04:21 Robert Noland wrote: > On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 15:07 +0100, beni wrote: > > On Sunday 14 March 2010 18:53:40 Robert Noland wrote: > > > On Sun, 2010-03-14 at 17:32 +0100, beni wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm running 8.0-RELEASE-p2. > > > > I am trying to use the radeon (or radeonhd) driver for my Sapphire > > > > HD4650 card. But it doesn't work. I get a black screen just before > > > > the logon/login screen should appear. And my pc freezes. I can not > > > > get into a console with alt-f<x>. The only way out is a cold > > > > reset/reboot. The only driver working now is Vesa in 1280x1024, but > > > > that leaves a black border of 7-8 cm on both sides of my 23 inch > > > > monitor... > > > > I asked for help on the OpenSuse mailinglist (i found their email > > > > address in the Xorg.0.log) but they said it is the drm kernel module > > > > that is not up to date (see thread on > > > > http://lists.opensuse.org/radeonhd/2010-03/msg00012.html). I manually > > > > recreated a new /root/xorg.conf.new and copied it to /X11, but with > > > > the same negative result so far. > > > > > > The linux folks don't know much about what is going on in FreeBSD... > > > Especially not the suse folks. The ATI/AMD folks are fairly aware, > > > but... > > > > > > > I am pasting my /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log here. > > > > Please cc me as i not subscribed to the list. > > > > Thanks for any help ! > > > > Beni. > > > > > > This is an agp card? > > > > This is indeed an agp card. > > > > > I have an idea of what is going wrong, but I would like to see an Xorg > > > log file using the radeon driver to verify. Based on the addresses > > > reported, I suspect that your ring buffer is being mapped inside of the > > > framebuffer, which usually appears as corruption along with other odd > > > issues. If so, I already have patches for that... > > > > > > Other possible things to try are to force it into pci mode. > > > > > > Option "BusType" "PCI" > > > > > > robert. > > > > The Xorg.0.log file was below in the previous mail, under the xorg.conf > > file. But i can post it pastebin if you want it. > > That was with radeonhd, which doesn't output the clue that I'm looking > for. > > > Where do i put that option ? In the Section Device ? > > Yes, exactly. The same for the options adjusting the AGPMode. > > robert. > > > Thanks for your help ! > > Beni. > This log file is with the radeon driver, not the radeonhd (as i used the radeon driver in xorg.conf). I can try with the radeonhd driver in xorg.conf and save that xorg.0.log to have both. Beni.
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