Re: [gentoo-user] Blank screen in X, no errors in Xorg.log

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

Am Sonntag 02 Oktober 2011, 17:51:19 schrieb Adam Carter:
> HW = Chipset: "ATI Radeon HD 4250  " (Chipset = 0x9715)
> 
> Config is mostly taken from a working amd64 + radeon system.
> linux-firmware is installed. No errors or warning in the the xorg
> logs, but startx returns a blank screen on both the VGA and HDMI
> outputs. It also fails with no xorg.conf. There's no process called X
> or anything related to X, if i ssh in from another machine and run
> 'pgrep -lf X' as root.
> 
> When using fglrx;
> proxy adam # tail Xorg.0.log
> [   458.503] (II) fglrx(0):     Desc: ATI FireGL DRM kernel module
> [   458.503] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver.
> [   458.503] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information:
> [   458.503] (II) fglrx(0):     Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE:       
> 3.0.4-gentoo [   458.503] (II) fglrx(0):     Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS:     
>   no [   458.503] (II) fglrx(0):     Build-Kernel __SMP__:            yes [
>   458.503] (II) fglrx(0):     Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE:          0x1000 [  
> 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] register handle = 0x00004000
> [   458.526] (II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull
> [   458.526] (II) fglrx(0): FBADPhys: 0xc0000000 FBMappedSize: 0x0100e000
> proxy adam #
> 
> 
> When using the radeon driver;
> proxy adam # tail /root/Xorg.0.log
> [   123.799] GC: 0 objects of 72 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
> [   123.799] CURSOR: 0 objects of 8 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs
> [   123.799] CURSOR_BITS: 0 objects of 8 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private
> allocs [   123.799] DBE_WINDOW: 0 objects of 24 bytes = 0 total bytes 0
> private allocs [   123.799] TOTAL: 1 objects, 120 bytes, 0 allocs
> [   123.800] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
> [   123.800] (II) APM registered successfully
> [   123.800] (II) RADEON(0): RADEONScreenInit d0000000 0 0
> [   123.862] Output CRT1 disable success
> [   123.871] Blank
> 
> What's my next step?
> 
> 
> xorg.conf is;
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier     "Layout"
>         Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
> #       These are not needed for fglrx, but will be for radeon
>         ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
>         ModulePath "/usr/lib64/opengl/xorg-x11/extensions/"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerFlags"
>         Option      "Xinerama" "off"
>         #Option  "blank time"  "5"  # Blank the screen after 5 minutes
> (Fake) Option  "standby time"  "10"  # Turn off screen after 10 minutes
> (DPMS) Option  "suspend time"  "20"  # Full suspend after 20 minutes Option
>  "off time"  "30"  # Turn off after half an hour
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
>         Option      "DPMS" "true"
>         Option      "PreferredMode" "1440x900"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
>         Driver      "fglrx"
>         #Driver      "radeon"
>         Option      "backingstore" "true"
>         #BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
>         #BusID       "PCI:0@1:0:1"
>         # dynamicclocks is for powersaving but not impl on flgrx
>         #Option      "DynamicClocks" "on"
>         #Option      "RenderAccel" "true" - not supported by flgrx
>         #Option      "AccelMethod" "exa" - not supported by flgrx
>         #Option      "UseFastTLS" "1"
>         #Option      "EnablePageFlip" "true" - not supported by flgrx
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
>         Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
>         Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
>         DefaultDepth     24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     24
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Extensions"
>         Option      "Composite" "Enable"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputClass"
>         Identifier "keyboard-all"
>         Driver "evdev"
>         #Option "XkbLayout" "us,cz"
>         #Option "XkbModel" "logitech_g15"
>         Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
>         #Option "XkbOptions"
> "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp:switch,grp_led:scroll,compose:rwin,terminate:ctrl_
> alt_bksp" Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
>         #Option "XkbVariant" ",qwerty"
>         MatchIsKeyboard "on"
> EndSection

post Xorg.0.log?

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