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#1 2011-02-05 10:48:35

v43
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Registered: 2011-02-03
Posts: 140

xorg.conf.d vga settings

hi guys
i'm experiecing some troubles configuring my old vga

this is /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-radeon.conf

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility M6 LY [Radeon Mobility 9000]"
    Driver    "radeon"
    BusID    "PCI:1:0:0"

    Option    "DRI" "on" 
    Option    "AGPMode" "2"
    Option    "ColorTiling" "on"
    Option    "DynamicClocks" "on"
    Option    "EnablePageFlip" "on" 
    Option    "BIOSHotkeys"   "on"
EndSection


#Section "Modules"
#    Load    "dri"
#    Load    "extmod"
#    Load    "glx"
#    Load    "GLcore"
#    Load    "dbe"
#EndSection

how come that if i uncomment the Modules section, even without loading any of them, X stops starting on startup and produces the error: x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
?

thanks!

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#2 2011-02-05 10:56:08

litemotiv
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Registered: 2008-08-01
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Re: xorg.conf.d vga settings

Moved from Kernel & Hardware to Newbie Corner.


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#3 2011-02-06 23:56:46

v43
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Registered: 2011-02-03
Posts: 140

Re: xorg.conf.d vga settings

well.. i passed to KMS following the wiki.
everything's ok if i rename the radeon file in etc/X11/xorg.d/, otherwise i cant get hardware acceleration and X uses the cpu (i know because everything involving graphics becomes awfully slow).

so the question is: do i need to configure the vga anymore?? i use 2d applications only.


one more thing: power saving.
i tried enabling dynamic power saving as described in the wiki, which states that you don't have to add " radeon.dynpm=1" to the kernel parameters if use a kernel release >= 2.6.35.
a few lines later, though, it says to run this command (i find it quite unclear):
echo dynpm > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_method
i tried, but i don't have that file! instead i've got a folder called "power" with some other stuff in it.
what should i do? please help smile

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#4 2011-02-08 21:17:20

v43
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Registered: 2011-02-03
Posts: 140

Re: xorg.conf.d vga settings

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