RADEONDRIGetVersion failed to open the DRM

[Felix Miata]

On 2010/03/27 10:53 (GMT+0100) Michel Dänzer composed:

> On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 15:04 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: 

>> Is there a way get the openSUSE radeon kernel module to recognize this 6 year
>> old "card" without compiling myself? It's pretty hard to believe that any
>> radeon this age would not be recognized on a major distro like openSUSE
>> released several years after the hardware was made.

> That's what it looks like though; the Knoppix log file shows much newer
> versions of the kernel and X driver, those in openSUSE may just be too
> old for the hardware.

I guess there must have been some lasting trouble getting this chip to work.
Knoppix 5.3.1 locks up (trying "ati" driver) even booting with failsafe when
allowed to try to get to X. Knoppix 6.0.1 with xorg 1.4.2 manages to get into
X, though if left there more than briefly it too locks up the system.

Even though I wanted to avoid an openSUSE release lacking support for the
best X environment, I upgraded to 11.2 using zypper and the
optional/unsupported KDE3 repo. Its xorg 1.6.5 and KDE3 seem to work just fine.
-- 
"The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant
words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)

 Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409

Felix Miata  ***  http://fm.no-ip.com/