Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:13:08 -0800 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Jan_Kokem=C3=BCller?= <jan.kokemueller@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Xorg configure failure with Radeon card Message-ID: <CAN6yY1vmphHiGLGp8Nbj0Ntej3yw2HzjytCHCeeNm2o=MPiz0g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20141115164711.dc9f2b0b219c604ceff307cf@gmx.us> 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>
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On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> wrote: > On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:45:59 +0100 > Jan Kokem=C3=BCller <jan.kokemueller@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks again, Jan. I already had that there (from the 10.1-RELEASE > > > notes), so the error is with that tuner set. > > > > Does "kldload radeonkms" as root work, as in gives you a nice looking > > console in native screen resolution? If that works, at least the KMS > > driver does something correctly. > > > > Another idea is to try to rebuild the "x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati" port= , > > if you haven't done that already. > > > > Can you post the complete contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log and the outpu= t > > of dmesg after a failed attempt to start the X server? > > > > -Jan > > 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 reaso= n, > 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. > > I was wrong. After issuing a #<kldload radeonkms> as you suggested, the > fb graphical resolution loaded. Then, taking wblock@'s advice > (elsewhere) that Xorg -config is now generally unnecessary, just issued a > <startx> and things were working properly. A little xrandr action and bo= th > monitors are working as desired. > > For the record, if anyone else is having this radeon issue, here is a > summary specific to the 5450 card (note some of this may be unnecessary, = I > haven't tested each yet): > > In loader.conf > > kern.vty=3Dvt > radeonkmsfw_CEDAR_pfp_load=3D"YES" > radeonkmsfw_CEDAR_me_load=3D"YES" > radeonkmsfw_CEDAR_rlc_load=3D"YES" > radeonkms_load=3D"YES" > > In make.conf: > > WITH_NEW_XORG=3DYES > WITH_KMS=3DYES > OPTIONS_SET=3DGALLIUM (or WITH_GALLIUM=3DYES, but the compiler will warn = on > this when building dri) > > Thanks again for all your help, Jan. > -- > Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > Just for completeness, WITH_KMS is no longer required for 9.3, 10.1 or HEAD and WITH_NEW_XORG=3DYES is now the default for all supported versions. Not that having them hurts anything. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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