From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PmzU0-0007nL-2R for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:08:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 90DAC1C032; Wed, 9 Feb 2011 02:06:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61E221C032 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2011 02:06:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7AD61B402D for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2011 02:06:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.871 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.871 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.272, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id z4EHGvvmRJna for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2011 02:06:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 488D51B4030 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2011 02:06:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PmzRs-0007oV-Mm for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:06:28 +0100 Received: from athedsl-374688.home.otenet.gr ([79.131.15.158]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:06:28 +0100 Received: from realnc by athedsl-374688.home.otenet.gr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:06:28 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Nikos Chantziaras Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [drm] loading RV710 Microcode fails Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 04:06:18 +0200 Organization: Lucas Barks Message-ID: References: <20110209003928.GA5803@pacific.net.au> 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: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: athedsl-374688.home.otenet.gr User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20110126 Thunderbird/3.1.7 In-Reply-To: X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 97f6f925debd59d678627c9f5926c28d On 02/09/2011 03:35 AM, James wrote: > Gregory Shearman gmail.com> writes: > > >> I run an ATI HD5660 graphics card and use the open source Radeon driver >> found in the kernel. When I select this driver, there's a second option >> about allowing kernel modesetting by default. I've found that 3D >> graphics and even the Xserver doesn't run on the 2.6.36 kernel unless >> Kernel Modesetting is selected. This driver requires microcode to be >> installed (emerge radeon-ucode). Now, I don't run an initramfs and >> because kernel modesetting requires that the kernel handle the >> framebuffer it loads the graphics driver before it has accessed any of >> the system's hard drives. This means that for the kernel to find the >> microcode it must be included when the kernel is compiled. > > > OK, I went and did a bunch of reading..... I do not use initramfs. > I emerge'd radeon-ucode > > >> I can't help you further as I'm not sure what graphics card you run, nor >> whether or not you're using the proprietary driver nor have you provided >> the context for the error message provided in the subject. > > card: > 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV710 [Radeon HD 4350] > I use ati-drivers-10.11 All the instructions you received assume that you were using xf86-video-ati, *not* ati-drivers (also known as "AMD Catalyst for Linux", AMD's proprietary binary driver for Radeon cards). Do *not* install any firmware files and make sure you disable the radeon driver completely in the kernel. Not only KMS, but no driver *at all*.