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 Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:36 pm Post subject: HP nx6125 X setup problem [solved] |
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I'm trying to get a new Gentoo installation onto a Compaq nx6125 laptop. For the first time, I am completely defeated in getting X windows to work.
The video device is seen by lspci:
| Code: | | 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) |
and all looks well in the startup dmesg;
| Code: | [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[drm] radeon defaulting to kernel modesetting.
[drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
radeon 0000:01:05.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[drm] initializing kernel modesetting (RS480 0x1002:0x5955).
[drm] register mmio base: 0xD8300000
[drm] register mmio size: 65536
[drm] Generation 2 PCI interface, using max accessible memory
radeon 0000:01:05.0: VRAM: 128M 0x0000000078000000 - 0x000000007FFFFFFF (128M used)
radeon 0000:01:05.0: GTT: 512M 0x0000000080000000 - 0x000000009FFFFFFF
[drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
[drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[drm] radeon: irq initialized.
[drm] Detected VRAM RAM=128M, BAR=256M
[drm] RAM width 128bits DDR
[TTM] Zone kernel: Available graphics memory: 962908 kiB.
[TTM] Initializing pool allocator.
[drm] radeon: 128M of VRAM memory ready
[drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready.
[drm] GART: num cpu pages 131072, num gpu pages 131072
[drm] radeon: 2 quad pipes, 1 z pipes initialized.
radeon 0000:01:05.0: WB enabled
[drm] Loading R300 Microcode
[drm] radeon: ring at 0x0000000080001000
[drm] ring test succeeded in 3 usecs
[drm] radeon: ib pool ready.
[drm] ib test succeeded in 0 usecs
[drm] Panel ID String: QDS
[drm] Panel Size 1024x768
[drm] Radeon Display Connectors
[drm] Connector 0:
[drm] VGA
[drm] DDC: 0x68 0x68 0x68 0x68 0x68 0x68 0x68 0x68
[drm] Encoders:
[drm] CRT1: INTERNAL_DAC2
[drm] Connector 1:
[drm] LVDS
[drm] DDC: 0x198 0x198 0x19c 0x19c 0x1a0 0x1a0 0x1a4 0x1a4
[drm] Encoders:
[drm] LCD1: INTERNAL_LVDS
[drm] Connector 2:
[drm] S-video
[drm] Encoders:
[drm] TV1: INTERNAL_DAC2
[drm] radeon: power management initialized
[drm] fb mappable at 0xC0040000
[drm] vram apper at 0xC0000000
[drm] size 3145728
[drm] fb depth is 24
[drm] pitch is 4096 |
though it seems a little odd that the microcode loaded is R300, not R200.
The device cannot be detected by the X system, with the following in Xorg.0.log:
| Code: | [ 976.159] Primary device is not PCI
[ 976.161] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 976.161] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 976.161] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 976.161] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 976.161] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[ 976.162] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[ 976.162] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 976.164] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 976.164] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[ 976.164] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[ 976.164] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 976.166] (EE) No drivers available.
[ 976.168]
Fatal server error:
[ 976.172] no screens found
[ 976.174] |
attempts to use:
result in a message which says there are no devices to configure.
There seem to be several conflicting HOWTOs on the subject of getting ATI video working, some of which seem out be out of date, and the advice given is inconsistent. I've tried using the ATI drivers, and the xorg radeon driver, but both give the same dismal results.
My setup is new, using the latest stable versions of all packages.
Can some kind person post a hint or two?
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