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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ghl01-00047V-2h for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:49:41 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kA8AjjbT012760; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:45:45 GMT Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kA8AgK5a001550 for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:42:20 GMT Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id z38so1601772ugc for ; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:42:20 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=EYoXtuRSIo0MPr4+TxoTZSRzYQ5tUEZkoGuUpFQhZvurJFC/U6h3HSaO4EWDze1e5VcidWoPOKEXAS/vkP7N0JH2rPeJHgBrVYN9qesVOrcUALTUiBhpsjW9cYb9USj/UwwmFfslq65aQAbkAAxwZcUQu5EmZH+xFx18tZhhoig= Received: by 10.78.48.16 with SMTP id v16mr6248497huv.1162982539456; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:42:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.130.1 with HTTP; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 02:42:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <677143dd0611080242t3b3fa978p3b433ef2d407cc1a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 05:42:19 -0500 From: "Greg Morin" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New install - startx not starting In-Reply-To: <200611072101.34095.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> 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: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_22842_14674951.1162982539197" References: <677143dd0611070456u459bc02cl7e72290edf2ea74c@mail.gmail.com> <200611071400.27414.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <200611071507.01091.bo.andresen@zlin.dk> <200611072101.34095.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> X-Archives-Salt: fc2b77ca-3b11-4785-b5b1-a2753015c3fb X-Archives-Hash: 8f88a2c023b45adfaa1fe52ae7dae89c ------=_Part_22842_14674951.1162982539197 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline VIDEO_CARDS was/is set. The tweaking was in USE - 'png' was necessary befor= e 'emerge cario'. Gpm On 11/7/06, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Tuesday 07 November 2006 16:06, Bo =D8rsted Andresen wrote: > > On Tuesday 07 November 2006 15:00, Mick wrote: > > > > The kernel seems good, I've added 'gpm', and 'xorg-x11'. startx > > > > fails complaining about: > > > > (EE) Failed to load module "radeon" (module does not exist, 0) > > > > (EE) No drivers available. > > > > > > > > My question - how do I get/build this module? > > > > > > Add radeon in your /etc/make.conf under VIDEO_CARDS=3D"radeon" > > > > And then run: > > > > # emerge --newuse -va x11-base/xorg-server > > Hang on a sec, if VIDEO_CARDS is empty or non-existent, doesn't the > ebuild default to building all drivers, like 6.8 did? I never tried > this myself, but I read it in a wiki HOWTO. > > If true, surely Greg's problem would never have happened? > > alan > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > --=20 Gpm The Morins of Plantsville ------=_Part_22842_14674951.1162982539197 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline VIDEO_CARDS was/is set. The tweaking was in USE - 'png' was necessary befor= e 'emerge cario'.

Gpm


On 11/7/06, Alan McKinnon <alan@linuxholdings.co.za> wrote:
On Tuesday 07 November 2006 16:06, Bo =D8rsted Andresen wrote:
> On T= uesday 07 November 2006 15:00, Mick wrote:
> > > The kernel see= ms good, I've added 'gpm', and 'xorg-x11'. startx
> > > fails c= omplaining about:
> > > (EE) Failed to load module "radeon" (module do= es not exist, 0)
> > > (EE) No drivers available.
> > = >
> > > My question - how do I get/build this module?
> >
> > Add radeon in your /etc/make.conf under VIDEO_CARDS= =3D"radeon"
>
> And then run:
>
> # emerg= e --newuse -va x11-base/xorg-server

Hang on a sec, if VIDEO_CARDS is= empty or non-existent, doesn't the
ebuild default to building all drivers, like 6.8 did? I never tried
= this myself, but I read it in a wiki HOWTO.

If true, surely Greg's p= roblem would never have happened?

alan

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