From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 16 14:33:37 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AF831DA5 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:33:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.gmx.com (mout.gmx.com [74.208.4.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 78EADEB1 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:33:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from stoa.freebsd.net ([172.15.184.248]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmxus002) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MVuyU-1XRqBc0Lbk-00X5Ui for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 15:33:36 +0100 Message-ID: <5468B685.4020806@gmx.us> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 09:36:53 -0500 From: Dutch Ingraham User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg configure failure with Radeon card References: <5466DD69.5000205@gmx.us> <54673C5D.6040900@gmail.com> <54676567.8090200@gmx.us> <5467A3BE.2060207@gmail.com> <5467A75D.9000605@gmx.us> <5467AD77.9060408@gmail.com> <20141115164711.dc9f2b0b219c604ceff307cf@gmx.us> <5468AC39.4070806@dumbbell.fr> In-Reply-To: <5468AC39.4070806@dumbbell.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:bGcepYvYGh0RQyEdtnGgM0CJn/TxggkocftA3A3raHv6aMq7VZB gzLcb9KZ89GgoCCCMENLdu0YbbNgWb6QqTVtc5F73HdeebzPvQd/9theLoWDVREAQzO97TL AU3BLjP7Qzn6Tbb7yAx3sH/C68JFJUV/39xZ3idf48ivPQYHazR0eYseG4FRVsNKPjXQyfy 4sbKwjny1nwocSoroeUjQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1; X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:33:37 -0000 On 11/16/14 08:52, Jean-Sébastien Pédron wrote: > On 15.11.2014 22:47, Dutch Ingraham wrote: >> Jan!! That's just the wake-up I needed! I went back to the last >> section of the wiki on graphics referred to above and re-read it. For >> some reason, I was under the impression that loading the radeon firmware >> in the method described in that section was only if I wanted/needed kms >> to be loaded early; I assumed it would be loaded later in the boot >> process on its own, though. > > The wiki section is correct: adding radeonkms and the relevant firmwares > to /boot/loader.conf is only required when you want them available > during boot (to have a larger console). > > Otherwise, the kernel module and firmwares are loaded automatically > during X startup. Do you confirm that, if you boot without loading > radeonkms, X fails to load the kernel module and reports no screen found? > Jean-Sébastien: yes, I can confirm that in my case, with a fresh install of 10.1-RELEASE, xorg from ports or packages, and an HD-5450, the module is not loaded during the boot process nor when calling X. This, from the OP, when issuing : [ 2160.756] (II) [KMS] No DRICreatePCIBusID symbol, no kernel modesetting. [ 2160.756] Segmentation fault at address 0x0 When not using and just issuing a , then I would get the error "No screens found." Only manually loading the module works (either before or after boot).