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From: Gregory Shearman <zekeyg@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [drm] loading  RV710 Microcode fails
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 08:21:03 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110208212103.GA4964@pacific.net.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <gk1qb-m1-37@gated-at.bofh.it>

In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I cleanup up  a system, per the postings to not use HAL.
> k3b does not work, but, I'll look for a fix for it later.
>
> I keep 2 kernels on this system.
>
> kernel-2.6.34-gentoo-r12 and kernel-2.6.36-gentoo-r5
>
> the *36 does not work. I have copied it over from 
> an identical system, build new kernels an still it
> fails with the verbiage listed in the title.

Are you using kernel modesetting? If you are then you have to get your
microcode built into the kernel.

You need CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE, and provide the filenames of the
firmware you require (in the form of a space delimited string) to run
your graphics card.

You also need CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR to tell the kernel where to find
the microcode. Mine is set to /lib/firmware.

> Reboot and Running:
> xorg-server-1.9.2  ati-drivers-10.11
> xorg-x11-7.4-r1 kernel-2.6.34-gentoo-r12 
> with no hald all is fine?
> The old kernel was built with hal and hald
> running, if that makes a difference.....?

I don't think it has anything to do with HAL. Check to make sure if you
are now running Kernel Modesetting where the previous kernel wasn't.

-- 
Regards,
Gregory.



       reply	other threads:[~2011-02-08 21:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <gk1qb-m1-37@gated-at.bofh.it>
2011-02-08 21:21 ` Gregory Shearman [this message]
2011-02-08 22:41   ` [gentoo-user] Re: [drm] loading RV710 Microcode fails James
2011-02-08 19:19 [gentoo-user] " James

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