problem solved, hooray! thanks Volker for the guidance! it turned out to be a problem related to the kernel config, as i had ati dri built there, and possibly some framebuffer problems too. Thanks a lot!
Davide 2010/12/28 Davide Carnovale <francesco.davide.carnov...@gmail.com> > > Mark, your config didn't helped me, thanks anyway =) > > Volker, my bad, you're right, i misread the supported cards and i thought > HD 6000 and above were supported, while it is R600 and above. > So i'll go again into the process of installing the ati driver and will pay > more attention to all the steps now. > thanks also for the config file walkthrough > will let you know if i'll fix this. > > D > > 2010/12/27 Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> > > On Monday 27 December 2010 23:23:32 Davide Carnovale wrote: >> > Volker, my card should not be supported by the ati-drivers package as >> it's >> > too old. >> >> wtf? A 5650 is RECENT and well supported by the ati-driver package. >> >> >> > actually i tried emerging them and the xserver just hang on boot. >> > are you sure that is the right way to go? can you link me the >> instructions i >> > should follow please? >> >> >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml >> >> you probably forgot to run eselect opengl set ati >> >> >> > > Section "Files" >> > > >> > > ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules" >> > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" >> > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" >> > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" >> > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" >> > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" >> > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" >> > > >> > > EndSection >> >> you can nuke everything above >> >> > > >> > > Section "Module" >> > > >> > > Load "extmod" >> > > Load "glx" >> > > Load "dri" >> > > >> > > EndSection >> >> that section too. >> >> So far everything would have been autoloaded. >> >> > > >> > > Section "DRI" >> > > >> > > Mode 0666 >> > > >> > > EndSection >> >> unneccessary >> >> > > >> > > Section "InputDevice" >> > > >> > > Identifier "Keyboard0" >> > > Driver "keyboard" >> > > >> > > EndSection >> >> ok.... >> >> > > >> > > Section "InputDevice" >> > > >> > > Identifier "Mouse0" >> > > Driver "mouse" >> > > Option "Protocol" "auto" >> > > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" >> > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" >> > > >> > > EndSection >> >> ok.... >> >> > > >> > > Section "Extensions" >> > > >> > > Option "Composite" "Enable" >> > > >> > > EndSection >> >> so not needed >> >> > > >> > > Section "Device" >> > > >> > > Identifier "Card0" >> > > Driver "radeon" >> > > #Option "monitor-VGA1" "Samsung2333" >> > > >> > > EndSection >> >> ok (beware.. if you use ati drivers) >> >> > > >> > > Section "Monitor" >> > > >> > > Identifier "Samsung2333" >> > > VendorName "Samsung" >> > > ModelName "2333" >> > > Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080" >> > > HorizSync 30-75 >> > > VertRefresh 56-61 >> > > >> > > EndSection >> >> last three lines not needed... >> >> > > >> > > Section "Screen" >> > > >> > > Identifier "Screen0" >> > > Device "Card0" >> > > Monitor "Samsung2333" >> > > DefaultDepth 24 >> > > SubSection "Display" >> > > >> > > Viewport 0 0 >> > > Depth 8 >> > > Modes "1920x1080" >> > > >> > > EndSubSection >> > > SubSection "Display" >> > > >> > > Viewport 0 0 >> > > Depth 16 >> > > Modes "1920x1080" >> > > >> > > EndSubSection >> > > SubSection "Display" >> > > >> > > Viewport 0 0 >> > > Depth 24 >> > > Modes "1920x1080" >> > > >> > > EndSubSection >> > > >> > > EndSection >> >> all that stuff.. is really not needed. >> >> > > >> > > >> > > Section "ServerLayout" >> > > >> > > Identifier "cruncher" >> > > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 >> > > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" >> > > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" >> > > >> > > EndSection >> > > >> ok. >> >> > > c2stable ~ # >> >> >> just as example, my xorg.conf: >> >> Section "ServerLayout" >> Identifier "Layout0" >> Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0 >> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" >> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" >> EndSection >> >> Section "Files" >> EndSection >> >> Section "Module" >> Load "evdev" >> Load "v4l" >> EndSection >> >> Section "ServerFlags" >> Option "DontZap" "false" >> Option "Xinerama" "off" >> Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off" >> EndSection >> >> Section "InputDevice" >> Identifier "Mouse0" >> Driver "evdev" >> Option "CorePointer" >> Option "Name" "Logitech, Inc. MX610 Laser Cordless Mouse" >> EndSection >> >> Section "InputDevice" >> Identifier "Keyboard0" >> Driver "evdev" >> Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" >> Option "XkbRules" "xorg" >> Option "XkbModel" "evdev" >> Option "XkbLayout" "de" >> Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" >> EndSection >> >> Section "Monitor" >> Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" >> Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver" >> Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor" >> Option "DPMS" "true" >> EndSection >> >> Section "Device" >> Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" >> Driver "fglrx" >> Option "Monitor-DFP1" "0-DFP1" >> EndSection >> >> Section "Screen" >> Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" >> Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" >> Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" >> DefaultDepth 24 >> SubSection "Display" >> Viewport 0 0 >> Depth 24 >> EndSubSection >> EndSection >> >> >
