[dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed because of a version mismatch.

[Alex Deucher]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Justin P. Mattock
<justinmattock at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/14/2011 12:21 AM, Alex Deucher wrote:
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>> 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
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>>> [    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?
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>> Make sure the radeon drm module is loaded before starting X.
>>
>> Alex
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> that's whats getting me over here, i.e. with loading before gdm starts
> I just get a black screen, and/or some clash between the vesa/vga
> modules.(making the system unusable)
>
> I will look through and make sure everything is correct.

Make sure fbcon is loaded otherwise you'll lose console when radeon loads.

Alex

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