amd64 no screens

PJ af.gourmet at videotron.ca
Thu Jul 23 05:49:35 PDT 2009


Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:
> PJ wrote:
>> Is it possible there is some problem with xorg 7.4 on FreeBSD 7.2
>> running on an amd64 Turion portable. The error seems to be "no vga
>> module" "no screens found" no drivers available.
>> The default configuration shows the driver choses as "vesa" by ATI
>> technologies "Radeon Mobility X700 (PCIE)"
>> The dmesg.boot shows the driver as vga, generic.
>> I have read all the documentation I could find and it appears that this
>> particular configuration is not supported by FreeBSD...i.e. there is no
>> reference to Radeon or X700 in their hardware listing. But what about
>> Xorg?
>> It is rather strange, but in my adventure in installing this stuff, at
>> one point I was getting something of a screen running but there seemed
>> to be a problem with a mouse or something like that... don't recall...
>> but it seemed to me that it should be possilbe to make this beastie
>> work.
>> In my latest and greatest effort, I have installed everything from
>> sources, but the driver is forced to be a vesa driver by xorg when the
>> ordinary non-X screen boot-up indicates the driver as being vga...
>> somebody has got things rather crossed up?
>> What do we do now?
>> TIA
>> PJ
>>
>>   
>
> That combination should work just fine.  I've used a handful of radeon
> cards on FreeBSD/amd64.
>
> The driver that FreeBSD attaches to your video card (vga) is
> completely independent of Xorg and should have absolutely nothing to
> do with your problems.
>
> Without any /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, simply try starting X and show us
> the resulting log file that is generated.
>
> Adam
Thanks for the ultra fast response, Adam.

Deleted old logfiles & this is sections relevant (otherwise it's rather
redundant and far too long (would you believe - over 100,000 bytes)...
to run tried bothe "startx" and just plain "X".
This is excerpted from runnint "X" (with no params):

Build Date: 22 July 2009  12:47:29PM
 
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Jul 23 08:36:54 2009
(II) Loader magic: 0x35e0
(II) Module ABI versions:
    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
    X.Org Video Driver: 5.0
    X.Org XInput driver : 4.0
    X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(II) Loader running on freebsd
(--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0)
(--) using VT number 9

(--) PCI:*(0 at 1:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X700 (PCIE) rev
0, Mem @ 0xc8000000/134217728, 0xc0100000/65536, I/O @ 0x00009000/256,
BIOS @ 0x????????/65536
(==) Using default built-in configuration (30 lines)
(==) --- Start of built-in configuration ---
    Section "Device"
        Identifier    "Builtin Default ati Device 0"
        Driver    "ati"
    EndSection
    Section "Screen"
        Identifier    "Builtin Default ati Screen 0"
        Device    "Builtin Default ati Device 0"
    EndSection
    Section "Device"
        Identifier    "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"
        Driver    "vesa"
    EndSection
    Section "Screen"
        Identifier    "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0"
        Device    "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"
    EndSection
    Section "Device"
        Identifier    "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
        Driver    "fbdev"
    EndSection
    Section "Screen"
        Identifier    "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0"
        Device    "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
    EndSection
    Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier    "Builtin Default Layout"
        Screen    "Builtin Default ati Screen 0"
        Screen    "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0"
        Screen    "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0"
    EndSection
(==) --- End of built-in configuration ---
(==) ServerLayout "Builtin Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Builtin Default ati Screen 0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(**) |   |-->Device "Builtin Default ati Device 0"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Builtin Default ati Screen 0".
    Using a default monitor configuration.
(**) |-->Screen "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0" (1)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(**) |   |-->Device "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0".
    Using a default monitor configuration.
(**) |-->Screen "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0" (2)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(**) |   |-->Device "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0".
    Using a default monitor configuration.
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/" does not exist.
    Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
    Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
    Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in
"/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/".
    Entry deleted from font path.
    (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/").
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in
"/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/".
    Entry deleted from font path.
    (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/").
(==) FontPath set to:
    /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,
    built-ins
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Cannot locate a core pointer device.
(II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device.
(II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices.
    If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable
AllowEmptyInput.
(II) System resource ranges:
    [0] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
    [1] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
    [2] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
    [3] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
    [4] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(==) AIGLX disabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.13.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "ati"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module ati
(II) UnloadModule: "ati"
(EE) Failed to load module "ati" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "vesa"
(II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//vesa_drv.so
(II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 2.1.0
    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
(II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
(EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01 at 00:00:0
(II) resource ranges after probing:
    [0] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
    [1] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
    [2] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
    [3] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
    [4] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Loading sub module "vbe"
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.1.0
    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) VESA(0): initializing int10
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0xa0000,0x20000) was already clear
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0xc0000,0x40000) was already clear
(II) VESA(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear
(II) VESA(0): VESA BIOS detected
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 16384 kB
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI ATOMBIOS
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 9.10
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: (C) 1988-2005, ATI Technologies Inc.
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: M26-P
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear



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