Hi, I was able to reproduce the issue Joost mentioned. I was misleaded in believing that x-setup could have been the cause, since I reproduced the issue by deleting /etc/gpu-detector.conf and rebooted forcing x-setup to rewrite xorg.conf.
Instead it turns out that the latest linux-sabayon version on Limbo (as of yesterday) had the: CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS=y option in its configuration, that apparently auto loaded the radeon.ko driver, causing the conflict with fglrx. Today I have updated my kernel and to version: sys-kernel/linux-sabayon-3.4-r6 Which turns off that option: zcat /proc/config.gz | grep RADEON_KMS # CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS is not set The radeon.ko module isn't auto loaded anymore so the issue is no more. But I now wonder if the suggested procedure to replace fglrx with radeon for "newly unsupported" AMD cards, on entropy notice board, is enough to load radeon.ko, or if the module has to be explicitly loaded by editing /etc/conf.d/modules. Il 18/07/2012 22:38, Joost Ruis ha scritto: > I also noticed that both radeon and fglrx modules are loaded. > I guess I should blacklist radeon now? > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Joost Ruis > <joost.r...@sabayonlinux.org> wrote: >> Micia on IRC states that he wasn't affected by this, so let me drop in >> my info, maybe it is just my card affected here. >> >> xbox-360 modprobe.d # lspci | grep VGA >> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee >> ATI Cypress [Radeon HD 5800 Series] >> >> xbox-360 modprobe.d # cat /proc/cmdline >> BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-3.4.0-sabayon ro >> init=/linuxrc splash=silent,theme:sabayon video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr:3 >> vga=791 console=tty1 quiet dokeymap keymap=us domdadm >> root=UUID=73c78b4e-fa69-45db-abc1-2d595151f6b0 docrypt >> >> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Joost Ruis >> <joost.r...@sabayonlinux.org> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Latest Limbo bump set a file in /etc/modprobe.d/ called radeon.conf >>> The purpose of that file is to enable KMS for FOSS ati driver, however >>> when you do this when you use FGLRX and your card is =>5xxx and never >>> had problems with latest FGLRX driver and new Xorg, this workaround >>> actually corrupts users tty1. >>> >>> xbox-360 modprobe.d # equery belongs radeon.conf >>> * Searching for radeon.conf ... >>> x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.14.4-r1 (/etc/modprobe.d/radeon.conf) >>> >>> >>> IMHO the xf86-video-ati driver should NOT install this file, all users >>> have this package so any modern system with a descent AMD video card >>> (>4xxx) is affected by this. > > -- Lorenzo Cogotti
