[SOLVED] Problem with Xorg & KMS

[jreid]

Hello,

I've been searching for a while to find a solution to this problem and haven't managed to have any luck thus far. The problem is something to do with KMS not being compiled into the kernel, and I can't figure out why. I've followed this wiki and applied the settings to the best of my ability, yet when I compile the kernel and boot from it, I am still receiving the following message from Xorg:

[jreid]

Alright, so here's where I stand. I've decided to use the proprietary drivers instead (might want to do a bit of gaming at some point). I've completely removed anything and everything Xorg, and have disabled framebuffer support in the kernel, as well as removing the firmware "blobs" or whatever. I've recompiled the kernel and I am ready to install the ati-drivers. Is there anything I should do before I attempt this? I really would rather not screw things up again.

[jreid]

Anyone? It seems like a really simple thing that I'm overlooking.

[Logicien]

Without any framebuffer activated in the kernel, you will only have the kernel text mode. It should be good for the Ati proprietary drivers. Be sure after you emerge them, that the fglrx kernel module it loaded properly and you have the /etc/X11/xorg.conf that will use the Xorg fglrx module. The aticonfig command can generate one.

About the free Radeon kernel and Xorg modules, you can add the appropriate firmware files in the kernel image, but the path to them who work for me is like this

[jreid]

Thanks for the reply.

I am definitely going to go the proprietary route. I set up make.conf so that VIDEO_CARDS is set to "fglrx" and I've merge'd ati-drivers and xorg-server, yet when I try to X -configure or aticonfig it says "No supported adapters detected". The command "fglrxinfo" also says "unable to open display (null)" which sounds a lot like the errors from X -configure ("No devices to configure") and startx ("no screens found").

Would creating a xorg.conf file manually work? If not, what other options are there?

Here are Xorg.conf, make.conf and lspci output:

Xorg.conf:

[NeddySeagoon]

jreid,

X -configure has been broken for many years.

You need a stub xorg.conf that tells Xorg to use the fglrx driver.
Its been a while since I had an ATI card but the binary blob used to be provided with a utility ta make an xorg.conf for you.
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[jreid]

The utility that is supposed to make the xorg.conf file is 'aticonfig', but it won't because it says there are no supported adapters, however when I used a stub like you said:

[jreid]

Alright, I haven't been able to get the mouse or keyboard working yet. Is this even a worthwhile endeavor, given what aticonfig reports ("no supported adapters")? I think if it wasn't going to work at all, then TWM wouldn't work, so obviously it's doing something right in regards to the fglrx driver. The problem is that without X -configure or aticonfig I am unable to come up with a xorg.conf that allows input. Does anyone know a way to get the needed information so that I can fine-tune the file? Nothing I've seen online works so far.

[Logicien]

Where is writen the stub you use? Is it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf or as a .conf file name in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ ? It should be in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ . That way, Xorg will use the fglrx driver and it's default configuration for all the rest, what should be good. The aticonfig command do not do really more than your stub anyway when it generate an xorg.conf file.

You may need to emerge some input Xorg drivers like xf86-input-evdev, xf86-input-mouse, xf86-input-keyboard and xf86-input-synaptics. So you can have in /etc/portage/make.conf

[jreid]

Hell yeah. Up and running perfectly now with KDE4! I was missing the evdev drivers. Thanks a ton!