Re: Radeon driver not working (solved)

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It looks like while cleaning up I de-installed linux-firmware, found this
by looking at dmesg. Reinstalled the firmware & all good now.

On 31 May 2017 5:00 PM, "Daiajo Tibdixious" <[email protected]> wrote:

I can't actually send from the machine so its hard to include stuff. I'm
not looking for a solution, just things to try.

I'm on kernel 4.9.16-gentoo
GPU is Turks XT (Radeon HD 6500/7670)
Kernel is setup according to the gentoo radeon guide, I compared it to
4.4.6 kernel, which has been working for months. Booting off that older
kernel doesn't change anything, so it can't be the kernel.

These are a manual transcript of selected Xorg.0.log errors
open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
Device (s) detected, but none match those in config file

The /dev/dri directory does not exist. If it's created by udev, maybe I
have a udev problem?


On 31 May 2017 4:29 PM, "Thanasis" <[email protected]> wrote:

On 05/31/2017 07:29 AM, Daiajo Tibdixious wrote:
> For a while now I've been logging into root & doing "modprobe radeon"
> after which the screen will blank, then come back at a much higher
> resolution. (as an aside, where do I put modules to autoload?) Since the
> last reboot nothing happens. SDDM/KDE will not start.
>
> I have checked all the radeon settings in the kernel, & tried booting
> off a previous kernel with no change.
>
> If I login to my user account & do "startx" that also fails.
>
> I took the cover off the machine & the GPU fan is spinning. It's dusty
> but not too bad.
>
> I've run out of ideas. To me it looks like a HW fault but I don't know
> how to check the GPU. It's still visible in lspci & console mode works
> (with tiny # lines & width).
>
> (IDK if this will be text or html, the setting is not visible on phone)

Are you expecting people here to guess your hardware configuration,
kernel configuration, debug messages, etc?

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<div dir=3D"auto">It looks like while cleaning up I de-installed linux-firm=
ware, found this by looking at dmesg. Reinstalled the firmware &amp; all go=
od now.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 3=
1 May 2017 5:00 PM, &quot;Daiajo Tibdixious&quot; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dai=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blo=
ckquote class=3D"quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc sol=
id;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">I can&#39;t actually send from the m=
achine so its hard to include stuff. I&#39;m not looking for a solution, ju=
st things to try.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I&#39;m on k=
ernel 4.9.16-gentoo</div><div dir=3D"auto">GPU is Turks XT (Radeon HD 6500/=
7670)</div><div dir=3D"auto">Kernel is setup according to the gentoo radeon=
 guide, I compared it to 4.4.6 kernel, which has been working for months. B=
ooting off that older kernel doesn&#39;t change anything, so it can&#39;t b=
e the kernel.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">These are =
a manual transcript of selected Xorg.0.log errors</div><div dir=3D"auto">op=
en /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory</div><div dir=3D"auto">Device =
(s) detected, but none match those in config file</div><div dir=3D"auto"><b=
r></div><div dir=3D"auto">The /dev/dri directory does not exist. If it&#39;=
s created by udev, maybe I have a udev problem?</div><div class=3D"elided-t=
ext"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra" dir=3D"auto"><br><div class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote">On 31 May 2017 4:29 PM, &quot;Thanasis&quot; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:tha=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wro=
te:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"m_-1148194641619954288quot=
e" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">=
<div class=3D"m_-1148194641619954288elided-text">On 05/31/2017 07:29 AM, Da=
iajo Tibdixious wrote:<br>
&gt; For a while now I&#39;ve been logging into root &amp; doing &quot;modp=
robe radeon&quot;<br>
&gt; after which the screen will blank, then come back at a much higher<br>
&gt; resolution. (as an aside, where do I put modules to autoload?) Since t=
he<br>
&gt; last reboot nothing happens. SDDM/KDE will not start.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I have checked all the radeon settings in the kernel, &amp; tried boot=
ing<br>
&gt; off a previous kernel with no change.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; If I login to my user account &amp; do &quot;startx&quot; that also fa=
ils.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I took the cover off the machine &amp; the GPU fan is spinning. It&#39=
;s dusty<br>
&gt; but not too bad.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I&#39;ve run out of ideas. To me it looks like a HW fault but I don&#3=
9;t know<br>
&gt; how to check the GPU. It&#39;s still visible in lspci &amp; console mo=
de works<br>
&gt; (with tiny # lines &amp; width).<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; (IDK if this will be text or html, the setting is not visible on phone=
)<br>
<br>
</div>Are you expecting people here to guess your hardware configuration,<b=
r>
kernel configuration, debug messages, etc?<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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