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kerasi

Member

Registered: 2011-07-07

Posts: 39

kms problem :-(

Hello

iam a new user in arch normally i use ubuntu but i will change :-)

but i have some big problems that i dont understand and i get find any solution :-(

if i install arch with my usb stick and he boots he switches automatically in the right format 1280x1024 i have an Eizo L567 TFT 17 inch
but than if i reboot and start it can only be start if i type in the boot menu

radeon.modeset=0

why is it so? why does it work before?

i have an  ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP 512 MB

how can i fix this?

i make an user have install sound it works but when i install xorg game over

i hope someone can help me :-(

the order of my installation is

pacman -Syy
pacman -Syu

than i have to update pacman

pacman-db-upgrade

pacman -c %own% -f 6 > mirrorlist

i dont make a -Syu because someone tells me thats why your xorg dont work with your card

so i do next

useradd -m -g users -G audio,lp,optical,storage,video,wheel,games,power -s /bin/bash username

passwd

pacman -S pulseaudio
pacman -S alsa-utils alsa-oss

su user

alsamixer

than aplay and i have sound

but what do i have to do exactly next???

shulamy

Member

From: israel

Registered: 2010-09-11

Posts: 454

Re: kms problem :-(

you have to type it in the kernel line of the grub file : menu.lst

and read about ati cards in the wiki.

ezik

MoonSwan

Member

From: Great White North

Registered: 2008-01-23

Posts: 881

Re: kms problem :-(

Put this "radeon.modeset=0" at the end of the line in your /boot/grub/menu.lst line that starts with "kernel /vmlinuz26... radeon.modeset=0".  That should allow you to get the right resolution.  If you don't have Xwindow up, try the beginner's guide (in your native language if possible) and follow that.

I hope this helps.

wonder

Developer

From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

Website

Re: kms problem :-(

disabling KMS is the biggest mistake ever. This days KMS is required for all video cards

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Perry3D

Member

Registered: 2008-03-20

Posts: 553

Re: kms problem :-(

disabling KMS is the biggest mistake ever. This days KMS is required for all video cards

You need it for every opensource driver. But if you use catalyst (the proprietary one) you need to disable KMS (modeset=0).

qwerty12

Member

From: London

Registered: 2011-06-20

Posts: 34

Re: kms problem :-(

disabling KMS is the biggest mistake ever. This days KMS is required for all video cards

I have to disable KMS to get hibernation to work on my system (using the non-proprietary radeon driver with ATI Xpress 200 IGP). Unfortunately this means that sometimes fbsplash (more rarely) and X.Org (a lot more often) locks up my computer when they are starting

Last edited by qwerty12 (2011-07-08 10:51:38)