Boris Kolpackov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am having problems with above-mentioned card. After startx the box > just hangs (black screen) with the only way out is through power-down > (C-A-Backspace doesn't work). There is no log in /var/log/XFree86.0.log. > > Here is some info: > > * Card is VisionTek eXtasy Radeon 9200 256MB PCI DVI/VGA/SV > DeviceID is 5961 > > * XFree86-4.3.0.1 is from Debian unstable. I have disabled DRI (see config > below). > > > * I am running linux kernel 2.6.4. I have disabled AGP/Framebuffer. > > > * Driver from ATI v3.14.6 (for 4.3.0) seem to work ok. > > * I tried various options for radeon driver (you can see them in config > file below) without any difference.
Meantime I continued poking the radeon driver. Since after the startx the box is totally wasted I decide to ssh from a remote box and run XFree86 -verbose. This way I at least could capture some output. The whole thing appeared to hang right after (--) Depth 24 pixmap format 32 bpp and just before (II) do I need RAC? No, I don't. So I started comparing output from ATI driver to the one from XFree's radeon. All important things seemed identical (like addresses of MMIO regs, V_BIOS segment, BIOS, Linear Framebuffer, etc) except the amount of memory the driver detected. ATI's driver reported 128MB (64bit DDR SDRAM) while radeon reported 256 (128bit DDR SDRAM). So I added VideoRam 131072 to the video card section of XF86Config-4. And everything just worked. Has anybody else experienced anything like this? hth, -boris > Section "Files" > FontPath "unix/:7110" # local font server > # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these > # FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" > # FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" > # FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" > # FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" > # FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" > # FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" > # FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > # Load "GLcore" > Load "bitmap" > Load "dbe" > Load "ddc" > # Load "dri" > Load "extmod" > Load "freetype" > # Load "glx" > Load "int10" > Load "record" > Load "speedo" > Load "type1" > Load "vbe" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Generic Keyboard" > Driver "keyboard" > Option "CoreKeyboard" > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > Option "XkbModel" "pc104" > Option "XkbLayout" "ru" > Option "XkbVariant" "phonetic" > Option "XkbOptions" "grp:toggle" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Configured Mouse" > Driver "mouse" > Option "CorePointer" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > #Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "Protocol" "MouseManPlusPS/2" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Generic Video Card" > #Driver "fglrx" > Driver "radeon" > #ChipID 0x514D > #ChipID 0x4966 > #BusID "PCI:5:14:0" > #Option "NoAccel" "true" > #Option "ForcePCIMode" "true" > #Option "BusType" "PCI" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Generic Monitor" > HorizSync 30-75 > VertRefresh 50-85 > Option "DPMS" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Device "Generic Video Card" > Monitor "Generic Monitor" > DefaultDepth 24 > > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1600x1200" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Screen "Default Screen" > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > EndSection > > Section "DRI" > Mode 0666 > EndSection >
