Re: radeon driver problems

On Sun, 2016-10-09 at 08:03 +1100, Daiajo Tibdixious wrote:
> On 9 Oct 2016 7:45 am, "Daiajo Tibdixious" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> It finds PCI:*(0:1:0:0) then later says Device(s) detected, but none
> match those in config file
> (I would have cut heaps of included text but cut/paste not working
> well on phone) I'll send log file later
Sorry, my copy and paste slipped and I lost the ability to read:
awk '/Graphics support/,/CONFIG_SOUND/' /usr/src/linux/.config
Same suspicion as Duncan--kernel config at fault.