Using Xorg radeon with a CRT screen

[Peter Rasmussen]

I have been running X.Org X Server 1.4.2 from Slackware 12.1 for some time and would now like to upgrade to the newest X (X.Org X Server 1.12.3) by installing Slackware 14.

There seems to be some problems.

I have the following HW:

Video board: Radeon HD 3300
Monitor:         ViewSonic P225f

And I would like to run it at at least 1600x1200 @75Hz vertical refresh.

The best it will do with Xorg 1.12.3 is 1024x768 at 60Hz, a Vesa standard.

I have looked at http://wiki.x.org and around the web and seen some suggestions with how to deal with Xorg and CRT screens, but I can't make them work.

The xorg.conf that I use with Xorg 1.4.2, but that doesn't work now, and the output of running "X -configure" with Xorg 1.12.3 is pasted below.
I haven't pasted the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file as it is rather large and I don't know what is significant over what "X -configure" doesn't show.


It seems that a probable significant change is that in the old Xorg the driver is "radeonhd" exist, which it doesn't now?
Isn't the functionality in 'radeonhd' now included in the radeon driver?


Please let me know if you have any suggestions of what I can do and if you need additional info?


Thank you and best regards,
Peter

# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Keyboard1"
    Driver "kbd"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout" "dk"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Mouse1"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Mouse2"
    Driver "evdev"
    Option "device" "/dev/input/by-id/usb-MLK_OM1007_Wireless_Mouse-event-mouse"
    Option "HWheelRelativeAxisButtons" "7 6"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "monitor1"
    VendorName "ViewSonic"
    ModelName "ViewSonic P225f-5"
    HorizSync 100-127
    VertRefresh 80-180
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
    BoardName "ATI Radeon X1300 and later"
    Driver "radeonhd"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "screen1"
    Device "device1"
    Monitor "monitor1"
    DefaultColorDepth 24
    
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Modes "2048x1536" "1600x1200" 
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "layout1"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Mouse2" "SendCoreEvents"
    Screen "screen1"
EndSection


# cat /disk/hdc7/root/X.configure.14Oct2012

X.Org X Server 1.12.3
Release Date: 2012-07-09
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Slackware 14.0 Slackware Linux Project
Current Operating System: Linux kultorvet 3.2.29-smp #2 SMP Mon Sep 17 13:16:43 CDT 2012 i686
Kernel command line: initrd=initrd.img load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw printk.time=0 SLACK_KERNEL=hugesmp.s BOOT_IMAGE=/kernels/hugesmp.s/bzImage root=/dev/sdb7 rdinit= ro
Build Date: 23 August 2012  02:27:55PM
 
Current version of pixman: 0.26.2
        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: Sun Oct 14 07:23:39 2012
List of video drivers:
        neomagic
        ztv
        sis
        geode
        i740
        cirrus
        apm
        mach64
        savage
        tdfx
        ati
        i128
        openchrome
        vmware
        tga
        v4l
        ark
        dummy
        s3
        ast
        nv
        chips
        trident
        intel
        modesetting
        r128
        radeon
        nouveau
        glint
        siliconmotion
        mga
        s3virge
        voodoo
        rendition
        vesa
(++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
  Configuration failed.
Server terminated with error (2). Closing log file.
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