On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 00:31 +0100, Cédric Boutillier wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering if anyone managed to activate the Kernel Modesetting on > a powerpc with a radeon video card, and if yes, what are the > instructions.
Yes, I've been using KMS on my PowerBook ever since I fixed it to work on it. However, beware that the code necessary for sleep to work hasn't been ported from radeonfb to KMS yet. > I have an Apple iBook G4 12" mid2005, with a ATI Radeon r300 video card > (ATI Technologies Inc M11 NV [FireGL Mobility T2e] (rev 80)), and I did > not succeed. What I tried is the following: > > - add radeon.modeset=1 to the kernel options in the /etc/yaboot.conf > file and run ybin -v > - ensure that radeon module is loaded soon enough in the boot process by > adding radeon in the /etc/modules file > > I am using Debian unstable, with some packages of experimental. The > relevant packages seem to be > - linux-image-2.6.32-3-powerpc kernel > - libdrm2/libdrm-radeon1 2.4.18-3 > - mesa packages 7.7-4 > - xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.12.192-1 (built from source package in > experimental) > > Everything seems to go well during the boot process, since I see in the > syslog: > [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled. Can you provide the full dmesg, or at least the output of dmesg|grep -e drm -e radeon IIRC the above message may appear even if radeonfb prevents KMS from really being active. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1269080932.18809.2222.ca...@thor.local
