Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 21:20:58 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fwd: Problem when building radeon X video driver on Freebsd-current Message-ID: <CAN6yY1ubUpX228LADBFJ7CsQpnCjLa-%2BeZ-G4qXX5szUoGWbqQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1406211402260.77104@wonkity.com> References: <CAM9Bftxizu371ORO8tchhjySF0ZmvqvFg_QSmcVWK6=6EcLzQg@mail.gmail.com> <CADL2u4g%2BjvjvCxQ06MiuXfLYuo79gxK4ZGH8NO6TT3Fuu32Dpw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1406211402260.77104@wonkity.com>
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On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jun 2014, Ren=C3=A9 Ladan wrote: > > Hi, >> >> Forwarding this from a user of radeonhd >> >> Ren=C3=A9 >> ---------- Doorgestuurd bericht ---------- >> Van: "Vinicius Abrahao" <vinnix.bsd@gmail.com> >> Datum: 21 jun. 2014 14:12 >> Onderwerp: Problem when building radeon X video driver on Freebsd-curren= t >> Aan: "Rene Ladan" <r.c.ladan@gmail.com> >> Cc: >> >> Hi, how are you? >> >> Thanks for take care of this port. I use radeon here, and I having >> some trouble with build the driver again. How can I figure it out? >> >> Here is the error: >> >> [root@phenx /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-radeonhd]# make install >> clean >> (...) >> (...) >> =3D=3D=3D> Installing for xf86-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_5 >> =3D=3D=3D> xf86-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_5 depends on file: >> /usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig/xorg-server.pc - found >> =3D=3D=3D> xf86-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_5 depends on file: >> /usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig/xproto.pc - found >> =3D=3D=3D> xf86-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_5 depends on file: >> /usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig/xi.pc - found >> =3D=3D=3D> Checking if x11-drivers/xf86-video-radeonhd already installe= d >> =3D=3D=3D> Registering installation for xf86-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_5 >> pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-radeonhd/work/ >> stage/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeonhd_drv.la): >> No such file or directory >> *** Error code 74Stop >> > > Please do not use the radeonhd driver, which is old and unmaintained by > the X people. Instead, install x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati, and use the > radeon driver from that. > Code long unsupported. Mostly non-working. Why hasn't it been deprecated by now? Messages on this have been popping up on this list for at least two years and it just keeps getting worse (more bit-rotted), but Radeon users don't learn this until things fail. --=20 R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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