From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1H59XI-0000Sm-M6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:40:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l0BNdXBo003846; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:39:33 GMT Received: from smtp5.clear.net.nz (smtp5.clear.net.nz [203.97.33.68]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0BNZFEt005545 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:35:16 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.11] (121-72-65-13.dsl.telstraclear.net [121.72.65.13]) by smtp5.clear.net.nz (CLEAR Net Mail) with ESMTP id <0JBQ00MO99IPO500@smtp5.clear.net.nz> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:35:14 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:35:09 +1300 From: Mark Kirkwood Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Radeon 9550 In-reply-to: <45A64516.6050502@verizon.net> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <45A6C9AD.9030204@paradise.net.nz> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <45A45BD6.1020905@verizon.net> <45A46BEB.3030702@paradise.net.nz> <45A64516.6050502@verizon.net> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061227) X-Archives-Salt: d27acad4-3459-4474-8c28-17214b79768a X-Archives-Hash: f77a54c31c5d6ba7519e87ecf6add8a4 sean wrote: > > I tried the xf86-video-ati driver as you suggested. Xorg just starts up, > is blank or black for a few moments then just ends. Cannot find out a > reason why at this point. > Hmmm - I notice from another email that you have lost your .so for radeon, so that might be an issue, so after reinstalling xf86-video-ati maybe try the steps I followed. I didn't select direct rendering support in-kernel (not sure if doing that and *not* emerging x11-drm is better, but anyway): # echo "INPUT_DEVICES=\"keyboard mouse\"" >> /etc/make.conf # echo "VIDEO_CARDS=\"radeon vesa\"" >> /etc/make.conf # VIDEO_CARDS="radeon" emerge x11-drm # emerge xorg-x11 # env-update # source /etc/profile # Xorg -configure # fails mouse detect # sed 's/\/dev\/mouse/\/dev\/input\/mice/' xorg.conf.new > xorg.conf.newer # Xorg -config `pwd`/xorg.conf.newer # cp xorg.conf.newer /etc/X11/xorg.conf # only if prev works! Note that Xorg -configure seems to fail to detect the mouse device, but gives an otherwise good file. The 2nd to last last step should give a working X server (default background with a mouse cross). If it doesn't then there is an issue! Cheers Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list