<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8pt">>On Die, 2012-12-11 at 02:48 -0800, <a ymailto="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com" href="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com">StompDagger1@yahoo.com</a> wrote: <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">>> >On Die, 2012-12-11 at 01:45 -0800, <a ymailto="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com" href="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com">StompDagger1@yahoo.com</a> wrote: >> >> >On Mon, 2012-12-10 at 11:33 -0800, <a ymailto="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com" href="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com">StompDagger1@yahoo.com</a> wrote: > >>> >> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:16 PM, <<a ymailto="mailto:olivier.e.amann@gmail.com" href="mailto:olivier.e.amann@gmail.com">olivier.e.amann@gmail.com</a>> > >>> wrote: >> >> >> >> When starting openSuse 12.2, the X-server terminates with a >> >> >> segmentation fault (see attached log file). > >>> >> > >>> >> >The open source driver should support your card just fine. Can >> >> you >> >> >> >install debugging symbols and get a proper backtrace with GDB? > >>> >> >> >http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/ServerDebugging >> >> >> > >>> >> Alex, looking at his log, I don't see the card in the support >> list, >> >> >> his card is the v7700? > >>> > >>> >As you can see in the lspci output, it's a 7500, which is Turks >> >> >(Northern Islands generation) based. >> >> >> >> >If the driver didn't support the card, it would bail much >> earlier. >> >> > >>> looking at the xorg log, I see Turks only as part of the AMD Radeon >> HD >> >> 6700 Series, does this means that 7500 Series is part of the 6700 > >>> Series? >> >> >It's complicated. :\ >> >> >7xx0 and 6xx0 are marketing names, which are mostly irrelevant for >> >driver support, in contrast to code names such as Turks, Northern >> >Islands etc. >> >> I see, so maybe it is a good idea to fix the radeon output? >Can you make a specific suggestion, or even a patch? I can't seem to find something more specific than this scenario, >> if I had this problem, I'd assume that the driver doesn't supports the >> card, this would have wasted a lot of time. >Why would you assume that? I think it is extremely logical to assume that because xorg's log contains the following line: "(II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets:" and is followed by a list of cards. if the card you have is not on the list, it is logical to assume that the driver doesn't supports it. > Again, if the driver doesn't support a card, >it bails much earlier, in a totally different way. for you it is logical because you know your way around the code, I consider myself as an advanced linux user, if for me it isn't clear, why would it be clear to someone at lower experience level than I? </div> </div> </div></body></html>