On Friday 18 July 2008, Andreas Niederl wrote: > Mick wrote: > > On Thursday 17 July 2008, Andrew Tchernoivanov wrote: > >>> # modprobe -v radeon_drv > >>> FATAL: Module radeon_drv not found. > >> > >> That's strange. But try one more thing - copy this radeon_drv from > >> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers to /lib/modules/<kernel > >> version>/kernel/drivers/video > >> Because according to modprobe's man page, by default it will look driver > >> in /lib/modules/... > >> So try to copy it and write here, what will modprobe say > > > > First I linked it: > > > > # ls -la /lib/modules/2.6.24-gentoo-r8/kernel/drivers/video/ > > total 8 > > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 144 Jul 17 22:21 . > > drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 344 May 14 18:34 .. > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 May 14 18:34 backlight > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4291 May 14 18:34 output.ko > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 Jul 17 22:21 > > radeon.so -> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so > > > > but since that did not work, I copied it: > > > > # ls -la /lib/modules/2.6.24-gentoo-r8/kernel/drivers/video/ > > total 448 > > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 176 Jul 17 22:27 . > > drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 344 May 14 18:34 .. > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 May 14 18:34 backlight > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4291 May 14 18:34 output.ko > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 Jul 17 22:21 > > radeon.so -> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 448808 Jul 17 07:09 radeon_drv.so > > > > Modprobing either of the two fails with the same error message. > > That's because this is not a kernel module. > > > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 > > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) > > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) > > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > > [drm] failed to load kernel module "radeon" > > (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed to open the DRM > > [dri] Disabling DRI. > > I'm just guessing here, but maybe your kernel is missing DRM support for > your graphics chip. > > What's the output of grep -i radeon /boot/config-$(uname -r) ?
# grep -i radeon /boot/config-$(uname -r) CONFIG_FB_RADEON=y CONFIG_FB_RADEON_I2C=y CONFIG_FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT=y # CONFIG_FB_RADEON_DEBUG is not set -- Regards, Mick
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