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#1 2009-06-27 06:58:20

cyclotomic
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Ati open source driver not working.

I have an ATI 4650 mobility radeon, and the open radeonhd driver and the catalyst driver work.  However, I would like to use the open radeon driver instead, yet when I install the driver and use Xorg -configure it just uses the vesa driver.  I tried configuring xorg.conf and it errors our with "No screens found."  I've been told by a few people that my card is supported by the open radeon driver, so I am at a loss as to why it doesn't work, unless it isn't really supported.

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#2 2009-06-27 07:07:31

tomk
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Re: Ati open source driver not working.

Install radeonhd and run X with no xorg.conf - it will autodetect the driver.

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#3 2009-06-27 07:10:33

cyclotomic
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Re: Ati open source driver not working.

tomk wrote:

Install radeonhd and run X with no xorg.conf - it will autodetect the driver.

The radeonhd works.  It's the radeon driver that doesn't work, I tried no xorg.conf and it still used the vesa driver.

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#4 2009-06-27 07:47:41

tomk
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Re: Ati open source driver not working.

If you can use radeonhd, why do you want to use radeon?

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#5 2009-06-27 07:53:51

cyclotomic
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Re: Ati open source driver not working.

tomk wrote:

If you can use radeonhd, why do you want to use radeon?

The radeonhd driver makes the fan on the card spin at full speed all the time, so I wanted to see if the radeon driver had that problem or not.

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#6 2009-06-27 07:58:35

tomk
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Re: Ati open source driver not working.

OK - remove the vesa driver and try again.

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#7 2009-06-27 15:30:42

cyclotomic
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Re: Ati open source driver not working.

tomk wrote:

OK - remove the vesa driver and try again.

It still says no screens found.  sad

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#8 2009-06-28 06:31:00

na12
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Re: Ati open source driver not working.

Try xf86-video-radeonhd-git from AUR.I have no issue with git version.

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#9 2009-06-28 07:43:10

cyclotomic
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Re: Ati open source driver not working.

na12 wrote:

Try xf86-video-radeonhd-git from AUR.I have no issue with git version.

Trying this out now, but the build keeps failing.

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