Xorg (ati,vesa) hangs on laptop with ATI Rage Mobility [SOLVED]

kozaki · 2008-03-26 12:57:46

Hi guys,
- Dell Latitude l400
- lspci : 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)
Arch have been running smoothly on the hardware until the HDD crashed last summer

Launching without any ~/.xinitrc starts a nice TWM desktop lol.

Have installed Enlightenment & fluxbox.
~/.xinitrc :

exec fluxbox

or

exec dbus-launch auto-syntax --exit-with-session /usr/bin/enlightenment_start

X starts... but all i get is a grey screen with a cross cursor
No errors in Xorg.0.log
Have checked permissions are correct on /tmp (chmod 1775 if i remember correctly).

drwxrwxrwt  4 root root  112 mar 24 10:26 tmp

# hwd -x

# X :1 -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf.ati modified
Same thing

(++) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.ati"
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(II) Module "i2c" already built-in
expected keysym, got XF86KbdLightOnOff: line 70 of pc

# X :1 -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf.vesa (commented "ddc" & "type1")
Same thing

(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Mon Mar 24 02:05:13 2008
(++) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.vesa"
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
expected keysym, got XF86KbdLightOnOff: line 70 of pc
(...)

# Xorg -configure

# X -config /root/xorg.conf.new
Same result

(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Mar 24 02:12:31 2008
(++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(II) Module "i2c" already built-in
expected keysym, got XF86KbdLightOnOff: line 70 of pc
(...)

Have Mandriva 2008.1 (Cooker) running on this laptopo, so tried with its xorg.conf :
# X -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf_MDV

(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Mar 24 02:14:06 2008
(++) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf_MDV"
(EE) Failed to load module "v4l" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(II) Module "i2c" already built-in
expected keysym, got XF86KbdLightOnOff: line 70 of pc
expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessDown: line 71 of pc
expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessUp: line 72 of pc
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse
        No such file or directory.

Have got no clue what to try next!

Have searched and found this post:

tehanomaly wrote:

These threads: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=324509 -> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=43041 may help - I wasn't aware that the mach64 module had been removed from xf86-video-ati
Try rebuilding xf86-video-ati using info from the above threads and see if that helps. Your xorg.conf(.new) looks ok so with the new module you (hopefully) should be ok
Fingers crossed!

It's the same GPU, but in this location the Xorg.0.log has no (EE) line (excepted when i launch xorg with the Mandriva's configured xorg.conf).

Last edited by kozaki (2008-03-26 19:20:28)

kozaki · 2008-03-26 19:19:58

Solved with entranced
starting entranced launch a perfect e17 desktop...
Xorg.0.log shows no error and only those 2 warnings:

(WW) MACH64(0): Cannot shadow an accelerated frame buffer.
(WW) MACH64(0): DRI static buffer allocation failed -- need at least 4608 kB video memory

Of course it might not be related to this issue, but acpid is producing an enormous amount on events.
Details: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 40#p346940

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#1 2008-03-26 12:57:46

Xorg (ati,vesa) hangs on laptop with ATI Rage Mobility [SOLVED]

#2 2008-03-26 19:19:58

Re: Xorg (ati,vesa) hangs on laptop with ATI Rage Mobility [SOLVED]

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