startx, no displays found...

bigbanana69 · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2017 Posts: 169 Location: Moscow

I just installed gentoo x86-17.0/desktop (stable) with xfce4 by the gentoo handbook on my Acer AspireES laptop.

I did echo exec startxfce4" > ~/.xinitrc

when I try startx or startxfce4, or exec startxfce4 it returns with error:

No monitors found. (Or maybe it was No displays found), so xfce4 doesn't starts.

Previously I had installed gentoo x86-17.0/desktop (stable) just as i686 and startxfce4 was working fine.
This time I had put -march=native (instead i686), CPU_FLAGS_X86= (for my laptop's cpu) & also VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu radeonsi" in make.conf. Only that is the difference\ between the installations

Hardware:

AMD E1-2500 1.4 dualcore APU with radeon hd 8240 (listed as Kabini or also /R3)
2gb ddr low profile ram
atheros bluetooth and wifi.
realtek alc, ethernet and cardreader.
Chicony UVC webcam
Elan touchpad
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:02 pm Post subject:

bigbanana69,

Please put /var/log/Xorg.0.log onto a pastebin site and post the link.
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bigbanana69 · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2017 Posts: 169 Location: Moscow

/var/log/Xorg.0.log

https://pastebin.com/7sPdXMU2
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Jaglover · Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:50 pm Post subject:

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:08 pm Post subject:

bigbanana69,

bigbanana69 · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2017 Posts: 169 Location: Moscow

Ok, in the kernel I have selected the 2, radeon & amgpu... I tried it without radeon and even terminal didn't bou, I figured that I need radeon in kernel. Then the terminal works.

After reading this article on gentoo wiki:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/AMDGPU

I figured that my gpu which is shown as Kabini is on the list, so that's why I had put "amdgpu radeonsi" instead "radeon" even if the the gentoo installation wasn't working with only amdgpu selected in the kernel configuration (so I had to recompile with radeon selected).

I'll change it to "radeon" and apply

bigbanana69 · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2017 Posts: 169 Location: Moscow

I reinstalled gentoo x86. I selected only radeon in kernel (no amdgpu). I had put VIDEO_CARDS="radeon" in make.conf, then installed gentoox86/17.0/desktop, then xfce4. Then I did echo "exec startsfce4" > ~/.xinitrc, but startx and startxfce4 terminate again.

Here's the new Xorg.0.log

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 9:39 pm Post subject:

bigbanana69,

bigbanana69 · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2017 Posts: 169 Location: Moscow

Ok, I'll reinstall.
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 10:15 pm Post subject:

bigbanana69,

Just rebuild your kernel.
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bigbanana69 · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2017 Posts: 169 Location: Moscow

I'll do a new install anyway.
I want to practice a little bit the things (configuring and installing) in Gentoo. Compiling the packages is a bit of time consuming, but it's fine. Later I'll be learning more advanced things in linux, in bash & ksh and the various linux applications usage, even in terminal.
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:27 am Post subject:

bigbanana69,

If its not too late, there is a shortcut.

Keep /etc/portage (the dir) and put it in your new install.
Keep /var/lib/portage/world and put it in your new install.

In make.conf set FEATURES=buildpkg

Now

bigbanana69 · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2017 Posts: 169 Location: Moscow

Oh, I had already formatted the notebook and installed a new kernel with firmware, sysklogd, cronie and grub2.

According to this article: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon, in the part for the kernel where it says Dynamic Rendering Manager (and the sub-options), they where checked by default, but below that, there were few DRM options with sub-options, so I checked them too. Also from that article, there's a part for the linux firmware, which also was checked by default.

After rebooting, the terminal stopped at some point where it was written something like DRM... up to 128s. I wasn't sure what it was but I had waited for few minutes and it booted. Maybe it was some DRM check or test.

Actually it stops at:

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 2:31 pm Post subject:

bigbanana69,

Pauses in the boot are often waiting for firmware that is not being provided.
Put dmesg onto a pastebin,

The individual kernel messages are generally not useful as booting is a multi-tasking process, so the last message on the screen is just that.
It does not usually indicate the task that has stalled.
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bigbanana69 · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2017 Posts: 169 Location: Moscow

dmesg

http://dpaste.com/39Z6X7Z
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 5:23 pm Post subject:

bigbanana69,

There is 96 seconds.

bigbanana69 · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2017 Posts: 169 Location: Moscow

NeddySeagoon, but after compiling the kernel I did

bigbanana69 · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2017 Posts: 169 Location: Moscow

As I figured out, I needed to emerge linux-firmware before compiling the kernel, right?

Then to configure the kernel with firmware loading options, amd microcode and compile, right?

So actually now I need to recompile the kernel and install it, then reconfigure grub2, right?

This option in the kernel doesn't checks when I select it and click 'Y':

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 6:53 pm Post subject:

bigbanana69,

bigbanana69 · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2017 Posts: 169 Location: Moscow

Ok, I didn't knew that.

bigbanana69 · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2017 Posts: 169 Location: Moscow

I reinstalled Gentoo with firmwares. Now, at boot I get error messages error loading formware radeon/boniare... & radeon /BONIARE ...

It also stops at the "clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc " for a while and then it boots in terminal with better graphics acceleration and resolution.

Here's the new dmesg output:

http://dpaste.com/0EBRYXK
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 1:55 pm Post subject:

bigbanana69,

Now it wants radeon/bonaire_uvd.bin and maybe other bonaire too.
I wasn't expecting that as you have a kabini GPU, not bonaire.

It pauses waiting for microcode still

bigbanana69 · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2017 Posts: 169 Location: Moscow

Yes, I read an article on wikipedia about radeon hd 8000 series where it says they are based on bonaire but they are improved.

I reinstalled the gentoo including the boniare firmware and now it doesn't shows firmware errors, but again it pauses at

clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc

At least on the first boot. Nvm, works fine. Later I'll install the packages for desktop 17.0 x86 and xfce4.
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