Re: Problems with DRI (missing /dev/dri/card0)
On Don, 2003-04-24 at 20:48, Reto Stalder wrote:
>
> I have some problems with DRI. There are the following entries in
> /var/log/XFree86.0.log:
>
[...]
> drmOpenDevice: minor is 0
> drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
> drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
> drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
> drmOpenDevice: Open failed
> drmOpenDevice: minor is 0
> drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
> drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
> drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
> drmOpenDevice: Open failed
> [drm] failed to load kernel module "radeon"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is the problem. The X server tries to load the DRM with modprobe
when it's not loaded yet, what happens when you try modprobe radeon?
> (EE) RADEON(0): FBIOPAN_DISPLAY: Invalid argument
This is harmless.
> The directory /dev/dri exists, but there is no card0 device in there.
> How can I create it?
You don't have to, the X server creates them as needed. 'No such device'
means the driver for a device (i.e. the DRM in this case) isn't present.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer
Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
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