Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:05:04 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg error: New athlon laptop, radeonhd video - unable to load fbdev Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112190950450.96861@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4EEF3183.3060907@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <4EEF208F.1060100@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4EEF3183.3060907@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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On Mon, 19 Dec 2011, Da Rock wrote: > On 12/19/11 21:31, Da Rock wrote: >> I hate to come with this kind of a query, but my googling hasn't come >> across a satisfactory answer. >> >> I'm running an install on a brand new laptop for a client, and I'm trying >> to get X up using xdm- nothing. The logs says it failed to load fbdev >> because there is no data module. >> >> I try uninstalling fbdev and running a rebuild of xorg- its still using the >> builtin configuration and still can't load fbdev. No devices detected. >> >> I run Xorg -configure, and it shows the radeon card fine, 2 displays. Still >> working with the config file, but it seems fine. > correction - its dual display issue that I've never had trouble with before > (I also have installed on a HTPC with same memory, phenom quad core, uses a > radeon HD card and a NVidia HD card). And no, the Xorg -config > /root/xorg.conf.new [-retro] doesn't work as it is locking up and I can't > even ctl-alt-backspace, I have to acpi power off to shut the system down. > Google's still not giving me any hope... :( Last time I came across this > level of issue was with a solo vintage intel card on yet another laptop- it > froze the system too. > > BTW, who says multicard vga is rare? Some newer laptops have dual GPUs, an onboard Intel combined with one from another vendor for higher performance. There's hot-switching between the two, but AFAIK it's not supported in FreeBSD. There may be a BIOS option to disable one or the other. There should still be two video outputs. More than one video card at a time is a different issue, which is also unsupported on FreeBSD AFAIK: (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support
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