From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 2 15:57:02 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B208106568B for ; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:57:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB2248FC0C for ; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:57:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o02Fv0HK012059; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:57:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D5904BA8B; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:56:59 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:56:59 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: beni Message-ID: <20100102155659.GB22645@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <4b3f43fb.122.331b.1018148892@edpnet.org> <20100102140200.GA21212@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <201001021616.46506.beni@brinckman.info> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GID0FwUMdk1T2AWN" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201001021616.46506.beni@brinckman.info> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI HD 4650 (RV730) driver ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:57:02 -0000 --GID0FwUMdk1T2AWN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 04:16:46PM +0100, beni wrote: > I am running 7.2-stable : > [beni@bsdaddict /usr/home/beni]$ uname -v > FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #3: Mon Oct 5 10:30:23 EDT 2009 =20 > kris@pcbsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PCBSD.i386 > [beni@bsdaddict /usr/home/beni]$ I'm not sure if this is recent enough. During the 7-STABLE cycle there was a merge of updated DRM code, but I don't recall when it was... > But still nothing with the xserver... I changed the driver in xorg.conf D= evice=20 > Section to radeon and radeonhd, but all i get is : > [beni@bsdaddict /usr/home/beni]$ tail /var/log/messages > Jan 2 16:00:23 bsdaddict kdm-bin[6995]: X server for display :0 cannot b= e=20 > started, session disabled > Jan 2 16:00:25 bsdaddict kdm-bin[7015]: X server died during startup > Jan 2 16:00:25 bsdaddict kdm-bin[7015]: X server for display :0 cannot b= e=20 > started, session disabled > Jan 2 16:00:27 bsdaddict kdm-bin[7035]: X server died during startup > Jan 2 16:00:27 bsdaddict kdm-bin[7035]: X server for display :0 cannot b= e=20 > started, session disabled > Jan 2 16:00:27 bsdaddict init: getty repeating too quickly on port=20 > /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs Unfortunately this does not give any relevant information. What does the logfile /var/log/Xorg.0.log say about the cause of the failure?=20 (When trying stuff it is better to use startx (or startkde or whatever it's instead of gdm, IMHO.) > But you use the xf86-video-ati driver and not the xf86-video-radeonhd dri= ver ? Yes. I've had trouble with OpenGL apps freezing the server with radeonhd. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --GID0FwUMdk1T2AWN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAks/bMsACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUIigCcDxJGsKmfBTQEbNmEc9GjnOD6 hcYAn3Ox8RDB0vM6GYg9e7PI377eN8Kv =V2Vz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GID0FwUMdk1T2AWN--