HW = Chipset: "ATI Radeon HD 4250 " (Chipset = 0x9715) Config is mostly taken from a working amd64 + radeon system. linux-firmware is installed. No errors or warning in the the xorg logs, but startx returns a blank screen on both the VGA and HDMI outputs. It also fails with no xorg.conf. There's no process called X or anything related to X, if i ssh in from another machine and run 'pgrep -lf X' as root.
When using fglrx; proxy adam # tail Xorg.0.log [ 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI FireGL DRM kernel module [ 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver. [ 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information: [ 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 3.0.4-gentoo [ 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS: no [ 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: yes [ 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000 [ 458.503] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] register handle = 0x00004000 [ 458.526] (II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull [ 458.526] (II) fglrx(0): FBADPhys: 0xc0000000 FBMappedSize: 0x0100e000 proxy adam # When using the radeon driver; proxy adam # tail /root/Xorg.0.log [ 123.799] GC: 0 objects of 72 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs [ 123.799] CURSOR: 0 objects of 8 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs [ 123.799] CURSOR_BITS: 0 objects of 8 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs [ 123.799] DBE_WINDOW: 0 objects of 24 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs [ 123.799] TOTAL: 1 objects, 120 bytes, 0 allocs [ 123.800] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket) [ 123.800] (II) APM registered successfully [ 123.800] (II) RADEON(0): RADEONScreenInit d0000000 0 0 [ 123.862] Output CRT1 disable success [ 123.871] Blank What's my next step? xorg.conf is; Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout" Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0 EndSection Section "Files" # These are not needed for fglrx, but will be for radeon ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules" ModulePath "/usr/lib64/opengl/xorg-x11/extensions/" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "Xinerama" "off" #Option "blank time" "5" # Blank the screen after 5 minutes (Fake) Option "standby time" "10" # Turn off screen after 10 minutes (DPMS) Option "suspend time" "20" # Full suspend after 20 minutes Option "off time" "30" # Turn off after half an hour EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" Option "DPMS" "true" Option "PreferredMode" "1440x900" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" Driver "fglrx" #Driver "radeon" Option "backingstore" "true" #BusID "PCI:1:0:0" #BusID "PCI:0@1:0:1" # dynamicclocks is for powersaving but not impl on flgrx #Option "DynamicClocks" "on" #Option "RenderAccel" "true" - not supported by flgrx #Option "AccelMethod" "exa" - not supported by flgrx #Option "UseFastTLS" "1" #Option "EnablePageFlip" "true" - not supported by flgrx 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 Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection Section "InputClass" Identifier "keyboard-all" Driver "evdev" #Option "XkbLayout" "us,cz" #Option "XkbModel" "logitech_g15" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" #Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp:switch,grp_led:scroll,compose:rwin,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" #Option "XkbVariant" ",qwerty" MatchIsKeyboard "on" EndSection