Bug#461580: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: X doesn't start on ATI Radeon Mobility 9600/9700 (M10/M11) NP (AGP)

[Brice Goglin]

Thomas Hahn wrote:
> Followup-For: Bug #461580
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
> Version: 1:6.9.0-1+lenny4
>
> *** Please type your report below this line ***
> I am getting the same kind of error messages like:
> drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
> drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
> drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
> drmOpenDevice: Open failed
>
> Backtrace:
> 0: /usr/bin/X11/X(xf86SigHandler+0x7e) [0x80c91ce]
> 1: [0xb7fdb400]
> 2: 
> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//radeon_drv.so(RADEONDRIGetVersion+0x114) 
> [0xb7b7dbb4]
> 3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//radeon_drv.so [0xb7b4ae53]
> 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//radeon_drv.so(RADEONPreInit+0xf2f) 
> [0xb7b4da9f]
> 5: /usr/bin/X11/X(InitOutput+0xa0f) [0x80ab3ff]
> 6: /usr/bin/X11/X(main+0x2b1) [0x8074591]
> 7: /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7d59775]
> 8: /usr/bin/X11/X [0x8073a81]
>   

You probably need to load the radeon kernel module. Your board is well
supported. It should just work. If it doesn't, please send the relevant
dmesg lines.

> The bug I am responding to however is for xserver-xorg-video-ati.
> Looking at the first message from brian at derocher.org,
> I think this is about xserver-xorg-video-radeon
>   

It's kind of the same. ati is just a wrapper that loads radeon
underneath on your machine.

Brice