From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AD1B1381F3 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:58:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AEC0D21C0EC; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:58:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 96EFC21C086 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:57:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f181.google.com with SMTP id t11so266715wey.40 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:57:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=orDLbUCsnBy+5RCC73SNbbiEnAS0mJhJU1TxsH7+CT8=; b=bvDdBLKsckibvlpQAoWtg2i2FOiWRyjnA26G98iL8sotgRDSe4QXoGhKVSbDZUZV9l npBKqaF2qjl7ABhA0fW+rJ0ErnDK8CueVnM437JjrdwYAHn6GF1ZG9nFlzqHpAoui37d 3On6XXH0mgvyXM5bDeWLON989x8AL0aHzAowZOCRc7zlknbvN/CxezFbNP9P6v2etvgh t4fLC+CC//PHBIplsLb75Xjh94FzpDU23qPTlUwWfQFbMFs4HR7hJpZjuw6htyXWX9Ks s7VktXWtE3bI1AZmYg0Xz6e74W31H6N5yU3TP1sU5eHRXW4xTHiyM5IiGn3IAgjUrmQm tkvw== Received: by 10.216.30.16 with SMTP id j16mr863667wea.42.1354305432153; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:57:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id en20sm256677wid.4.2012.11.30.11.57.09 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:57:10 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:47:30 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.5.7-gentoo; KDE/4.9.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <201211272309.19599.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <519b0f58c76c44d983f540dbeef9628c@weilbacher.org> In-Reply-To: <519b0f58c76c44d983f540dbeef9628c@weilbacher.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart6452645.M1iYvs63nz"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201211301747.44204.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: f08e1b81-7cfe-4f45-822b-6b5e6803a48a X-Archives-Hash: 8e524b72e50c7f797fd343de296421dc --nextPart6452645.M1iYvs63nz Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Friday 30 Nov 2012 09:01:35 Peter Weilbacher wrote: > On 2012-11-28 00:08, Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday 27 Nov 2012 17:18:43 design [depois das dez] wrote: > >> My video driver is an ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350) and somebody has > >> already > >> updated the section on the Gentoo wiki > >> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon#Kernels_.3E.3D3.0.0 informing > >> that > >> there might be incompatibilities concerning the RV350 firmware. I > >> just > >> don't have enough understanding of the video related parts of the > >> system to > >> tweak and fix this issue. How should I proceed when I have a problem > >> of > >> this sort? >=20 > [...] >=20 > > The link you provided says that you should disable framebuffer in > > your kernel > > config. Have you tried that? >=20 > I have the same problem and this solution sucks. :-( > Before this update I had such a nice console setup with framebuffer > splash, > a nice small font, and a Gentoo decoration around it. Really sad to see > that > go. > Peter. KMS should provide framebuffer now, so have you set KMS and firmware=20 correctly? =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart6452645.M1iYvs63nz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAlC48UAACgkQVTDTR3kpaLYEJwCcClJkfbPTXKzRucclCWYZjoGn r2YAnRWTmJs6hNZO7xIkjn42ri9eCWCe =w1Cv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart6452645.M1iYvs63nz--