[gentoo-user] radeon and radeonfb both loaded

2009-07-20 Thread Mark Knecht
I'm working on my 80 year old mother's machine remotely and cannot see the screen. I have a few question about this new Open Source Radeon driver. 1) I'm seeing both radeon and radeonfb in memory. Is this OK, or does it imply a problem of some sort? Can xorg-server use radeon while the console is

Re: [gentoo-user] radeon and radeonfb both loaded

2009-07-21 Thread Mick
On Monday 20 July 2009, Jacob Todd wrote: > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 08:15:41PM +0100, John wrote: > > Please can you recommend a email virus scanner. > > > > I am a little unsure about all the combinations available. I wish to > > scan incoming email on my home desktop. I currently use Claws Mail a

Re: [gentoo-user] radeon and radeonfb both loaded

2009-07-21 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Mick wrote: > > Or may be John shouldn't be hijacking threads (search for netiquette if you > don't understand what I'm talking about) and Jacob shouldn't respond? > > Back to the OP's questions: > > 1) radeonfb is the framebuffer used when in console to render fo

Re: [gentoo-user] radeon and radeonfb both loaded

2009-07-21 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 21 July 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Mick wrote: > > roughly is equivalent to 1210x907 pixels.  Run 'xdpyinfo -display :0.0' > > to see the dimensions in rounded numbers. > OK, there is possibly a little extra difficulty to get this run, but > it's likel

Re: [gentoo-user] radeon and radeonfb both loaded

2009-07-21 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 21 July 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Mick wrote: > >> > roughly is equivalent to 1210x907 pixels.  Run 'xdpyinfo -display :0.0' >> > to see the dimensions in rounded numbers. > >> OK, there is possibly a litt

Re: [gentoo-user] radeon and radeonfb both loaded

2009-07-22 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 22 July 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: Did you get your results with them logged in? (I am surprised by the localhost:10.0 result) > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort0 0 > EndSubsec