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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