X works again Thanks everyone
David P.S. I can't say anything about 3d apps since I don't use any. On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 23:53, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: > reassign 246627 kernel-source-2.6.5 > stop > > Hi all, > > On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, David Meggy wrote: > > > On startup it quickly kills my console and I never get an X-window > > server. Logging in remotely and running dmesg, I get the following at > > the end. > > [SNIP] > > > [drm] Initialized radeon 1.9.0 20020828 on minor 0 > > agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0. > > agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 1x mode > > agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 1x mode > > [drm:radeon_cp_load_microcode] *ERROR* Firmware file "r200_cp_microcode" > > not available. > > [SNIP] > > > Other useful information: > > I'm running Debian Sid, using the 2.6-k7 kernel > > package, and this problem started after my daily > > update this evening which would be the early hours of > > April 30 GMT > > With the last X update, some non-free code has been revomed, and source > patched accordingly. X itself does not handle the load of the microcode to > the board, the kernel does (therefor i am reassigning the bug). > > For completness I did a check on the radeon code inside X and there is no > reference to radeon_cp_load_microcode or similar calls. On the other side > that can be spotted inside the kernel at: > > kernel-source-2.6.5-2.6.5/drivers/char/drm/radeon_cp.c:675 > > /* Load the microcode for the CP */ > static void radeon_cp_load_microcode( drm_radeon_private_t *dev_priv ) > [SNIP] > > > that is called twice in the same file. Specifically at lines 1258 for > radeon_do_init_cp and 1339 for radeon_do_resume_cp. > > X uses these two functions via ioctl but cannot disable the > radeon_cp_load_microcode itself. > > Herbert, would you be so kind to take a look at this patch? > > --- radeon_cp.c.orig 2004-04-30 06:50:24.000000000 +0000 > +++ radeon_cp.c 2004-04-30 06:51:02.000000000 +0000 > @@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ > radeon_set_pcigart( dev_priv, 1 ); > } > > - radeon_cp_load_microcode( dev_priv ); > + /* radeon_cp_load_microcode( dev_priv ); */ > radeon_cp_init_ring_buffer( dev, dev_priv ); > > dev_priv->last_buf = 0; > @@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ > radeon_set_pcigart( dev_priv, 1 ); > } > > - radeon_cp_load_microcode( dev_priv ); > + /* radeon_cp_load_microcode( dev_priv ); */ > radeon_cp_init_ring_buffer( dev, dev_priv ); > > radeon_do_engine_reset( dev ); > > It should be able to fix the problem but i cannot test it myself since I > lack that kind of hardware. > > Thanks a lot > Fabio
