From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 19 12:46:49 2011 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 6F893106567D for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:46:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 247808FC1D for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:46:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.179]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 76DFC5C24 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:59:13 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4EEF3183.3060907@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:43:47 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111109 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4EEF208F.1060100@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4EEF208F.1060100@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Xorg error: New athlon laptop, radeonhd video - unable to load fbdev 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: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:46:49 -0000 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? > WTF? This is essentially the same hardware as another laptop I've > setup (same video card - same brand CPU, just bigger and faster), and > its fine. Both are AMD, the original is athlon dual core, the new is > phenom quad core. > > The googling failed as my searches came up with either root has access > and user doesn't, or mixed intel/ati. Neither are the case here... > > Cheers > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"