Radeon HD 2400 configuration.

Fernando Apesteguía fernando.apesteguia at gmail.com
Tue Dec 22 06:58:05 UTC 2009


On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Alexander K. Beros <alex at 154cm.com> wrote:
> I don't think I have had to use an xorg.conf file for some time.  When I had
> an xorg problem the inclusion of those two lines fixed it.  That was,
> however on a 32-bit machine and running blackbox.  I would say however, that
> the way you describe the freezing makes me wonder if it is a problem
> generated by gnome.  You might try something leaner like blackbox or fluxbox
> to see if they will run.  What happens if you delete your .xinitrc file and
> then type startx.

I'll try that as soon as I have some spare time. Without xorg.conf the
computer freezes. I suppose
this is because it tries to use the same configuration suggested by
the -configure flag.

Thanks.

>
> I don't really have any other suggestions.  My experience with the 8.0
> Release on my two 64-bit machines has been a disaster.
>
> I had numerous non-Xorg problems with 8.0Release.  Right off the bat, it was
> only detecting one of my CPUs.  There is also the kernel security issue
> mentioned on the FreeBSD homepage, which does not appear to have been
> corrected in the release that I downloaded.  Quite disappointing, because I
> had been using 8.0 in a beta form with reasonable success for about six
> months. Once I upgraded, virtually nothing I needed worked.  After a day of
> fighting with it, I did a clean install, but with the same results.  After 5
> years of using FreeBSD exclusively, I am rethinking it for computers where I
> need day-to-day reliability and speed.
>
> Sorry I can't be any more help.  Best of luck.
>
>
> On 12/21/2009 2:34 PM, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
>>
>> 2009/12/21 Alexander K. Beros<alex at 154cm.com>:
>>
>>>
>>> does your /etc/rc.conf file contain the lines
>>>
>>> hald_enable="YES"
>>> dbus_enable="YES"
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Yes, both of them are enabled and installed (as a dependency of
>> gnome2-lite port).
>>
>> This is my xorg.conf:
>>
>> Section "ServerLayout"
>>        Identifier     "X.org Configured"
>>        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>>        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>>        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Files"
>>        ModulePath   "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
>>        FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>>        FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
>>        FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF"
>>        FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
>>        FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>>        FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Module"
>>        Load  "dbe"
>>        Load  "dri"
>>        Load  "dri2"
>>        Load  "extmod"
>>        Load  "glx"
>>        Load  "record"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>>        Driver      "kbd"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>        Identifier  "Mouse0"
>>        Driver      "mouse"
>>        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
>>        Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>>        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>>        #DisplaySize      410   260     # mm
>>        Identifier   "Monitor0"
>>        VendorName   "HWP"
>>        ModelName    "Compaq WF1907"
>>        HorizSync    24.0 - 83.0
>>        VertRefresh  50.0 - 76.0
>>        Option      "DPMS"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Device"
>>         ### Available Driver options are:-
>>         ### Values:<i>: integer,<f>: float,<bool>: "True"/"False",
>>         ###<string>: "String",<freq>: "<f>  Hz/kHz/MHz"
>>         ### [arg]: arg optional
>>         #Option     "NoAccel"                  # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "SWcursor"                 # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "Dac6Bit"                  # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "Dac8Bit"                  # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "BusType"                  # [<str>]
>>         #Option     "CPPIOMode"                # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "CPusecTimeout"            #<i>
>>         #Option     "AGPMode"                  #<i>
>>         #Option     "AGPFastWrite"             # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "AGPSize"                  #<i>
>>         #Option     "GARTSize"                 #<i>
>>         #Option     "RingSize"                 #<i>
>>         #Option     "BufferSize"               #<i>
>>         #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"         # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "EnablePageFlip"           # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "NoBackBuffer"             # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "DMAForXv"                 # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "FBTexPercent"             #<i>
>>         #Option     "DepthBits"                #<i>
>>         #Option     "PCIAPERSize"              #<i>
>>         #Option     "AccelDFS"                 # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "IgnoreEDID"               # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "DisplayPriority"          # [<str>]
>>         #Option     "PanelSize"                # [<str>]
>>         #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"         #<freq>
>>         #Option     "ColorTiling"              # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "VideoKey"                 #<i>
>>         #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal"       #<i>
>>         #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort"     #<i>
>>         #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort"         #<i>
>>         #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort"    #<i>
>>         #Option     "TunerType"                #<i>
>>         #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath"    #<str>
>>         #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType"    #<str>
>>         #Option     "ScalerWidth"              #<i>
>>         #Option     "RenderAccel"              # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "SubPixelOrder"            # [<str>]
>>         #Option     "ShowCache"                # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "DynamicClocks"            # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "VGAAccess"                # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "ReverseDDC"               # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"             # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "AccelMethod"              #<str>
>>         #Option     "DRI"                      # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "ConnectorTable"           #<str>
>>         #Option     "DefaultConnectorTable"    # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "DefaultTMDSPLL"           # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "TVDACLoadDetect"          # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "ForceTVOut"               # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "TVStandard"               #<str>
>>         #Option     "IgnoreLidStatus"          # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "DefaultTVDACAdj"          # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "Int10"                    # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "EXAVSync"                 # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "ATOMTVOut"                # [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "R4xxATOM"                 # [<bool>]
>>        Identifier  "Card0"
>>        Driver      "radeonhd"
>>        VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
>>        BoardName   "RV610 video device [Radeon HD 2400 PRO]"
>>        BusID       "PCI:4:0:0"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>>        Identifier "Screen0"
>>        Device     "Card0"
>>        Monitor    "Monitor0"
>>        SubSection "Display"
>>                Viewport   0 0
>>                Depth     1
>>        EndSubSection
>>        SubSection "Display"
>>                Viewport   0 0
>>                Depth     4
>>        EndSubSection
>>        SubSection "Display"
>>                Viewport   0 0
>>                Depth     8
>>        EndSubSection
>>        SubSection "Display"
>>                Viewport   0 0
>>                Depth     15
>>        EndSubSection
>>        SubSection "Display"
>>                Viewport   0 0
>>                Depth     16
>>        EndSubSection
>>        SubSection "Display"
>>                Viewport   0 0
>>                Depth     24
>>        EndSubSection
>> EndSection
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> that might be relevant if they are absent.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/21/2009 9:23 AM, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm using 8.0 amd64 with Xorg, gnome and all the stuff installed from
>>>> packages. I have an ATI Radeon HD 2400 video card.
>>>> The thing is that I can't get it working at all. Without xorg.conf
>>>> file, the whole system freezes. With the xorg.conf
>>>> generated by Xorg -configure I'm able to see the mouse cursor but then
>>>> the system hangs again (before I get the gnome
>>>> desktop in the scree). This is with "radeon" driver dri, dri2 and glx
>>>> modules. I tried with the radeonhd and it is the same thing...
>>>> The only driver that seems to work for me is the vesa driver.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone provide a working xorg.conf file or any hints to make this
>>>> card to work?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.
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>>>
>>>
>>
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