[dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed because of a version mismatch.

[Alex Deucher]

On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Justin Mattock
<justinmattock at gmail.com> wrote:
> just updated the xserver and everything and am noticing this in xorg.conf
>
> [    15.099] drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 11
> [    15.100] drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:01:00.0
> [    15.100] (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed because
> of a version mismatch.
> [dri] This chipset requires a kernel module version of 1.17.0,
> [dri] but the kernel reports a version of 2.8.0.[dri] If using legacy
> modesetting, upgrade your kernel.
> [dri] If using kernel modesetting, make sure your module is
> [dri] loaded prior to starting X, and that this driver was built
> [dri] with support for KMS.
> [dri] Disabling DRI.
> [    15.100] (II) RADEON(0): Generation 2 PCI interface, using max
> accessible memory
>
> not sure if I missed a switch or something when building one of the packages
>
> xorg.conf log is here:
>
> http://fpaste.org/OWNf/
>
> any ideas?

Make sure the radeon drm module is loaded before starting X.

Alex

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