Re: radeon driver problems

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On 9 Oct 2016 12:09 am, "Drake Donahue" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2016-10-08 at 20:35 +1100, Daiajo Tibdixious wrote:
> > This relates to my ATI driver conflict with xorg-server problem.
> > Sorry if this comes though in html format I did not realise the last
> > one was in html mode.
> > I'm trying the solution to stop using fglrx and just use the radeon
> > driver,
> > however I'm getting weird problems.
> >
> > I removed fglrx from VIDEO_CARDS. Enabled radeon driver as a module i
> >
> > the kernel,
> > plus several other options recommended by the wiki.
> > First I hacked \etc\X11\xorg.conf to removed the ATI specific code,
> > however I get the same problem with X -configure code.
> >
> > Googling the actual error "Screen 0 deleted because of no matching
> > config section"
> > shows that its not that, its some kind of driver problem.
> >
> > Any hints on what else I can try? I don't want to try the other
> > alternative (use fglrx with old versions of xorg-server and the
> > input-evdev,video-ati drivers) yet.
>
> Assuming you run udev or eudev and dbus, recommend you delete or rename
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf and allow the xorg server provided script to run and
> do the configuration for you.
> If xorg still fails, recommend you run
> awk
> '/CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO/,/CONFIG_SOUND/' /usr/src/linux/.config
> and
> provide the result here or in a pastebin.
>
With no xorg. conf get
Open /dev/dri/card0: no such file or directory
I do have udev with no custom setup.
There is no output from that awk, CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not in .config

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<p dir=3D"ltr">On 9 Oct 2016 12:09 am, &quot;Drake Donahue&quot; &lt;<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On Sat, 2016-10-08 at 20:35 +1100, Daiajo Tibdixious wrote:<br>
&gt; &gt; This relates to my ATI driver conflict with xorg-server problem.<=
br>
&gt; &gt; Sorry if this comes though in html format I did not realise the l=
ast<br>
&gt; &gt; one was in html mode.<br>
&gt; &gt; I&#39;m trying the solution to stop using fglrx and just use the =
radeon<br>
&gt; &gt; driver,<br>
&gt; &gt; however I&#39;m getting weird problems.<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; I removed fglrx from VIDEO_CARDS. Enabled radeon driver as a modu=
le i<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; the kernel,<br>
&gt; &gt; plus several other options recommended by the wiki.<br>
&gt; &gt; First I hacked \etc\X11\xorg.conf to removed the ATI specific cod=
e,<br>
&gt; &gt; however I get the same problem with X -configure code.<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; Googling the actual error &quot;Screen 0 deleted because of no ma=
tching<br>
&gt; &gt; config section&quot;<br>
&gt; &gt; shows that its not that, its some kind of driver problem.<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; Any hints on what else I can try? I don&#39;t want to try the oth=
er<br>
&gt; &gt; alternative (use fglrx with old versions of xorg-server and the<b=
r>
&gt; &gt; input-evdev,video-ati drivers) yet.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Assuming you run udev or eudev and dbus, recommend you delete or renam=
e<br>
&gt; /etc/X11/xorg.conf and allow the xorg server provided script to run an=
d<br>
&gt; do the configuration for you.<br>
&gt; If xorg still fails, recommend you run<br>
&gt; awk<br>
&gt; &#39;/CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO/,/CONFIG_SOUND/&#39; /usr/src/linux/.co=
nfig=C2=A0<br>
&gt; and<br>
&gt; provide the result here or in a pastebin.<br>
&gt;<br>
With no xorg. conf get<br>
Open /dev/dri/card0: no such file or directory<br>
I do have udev with no custom setup. <br>
There is no output from that awk, CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not in .confi=
g</p>

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