Re: Radeon HD 3850 / RV670 AGP: no firmware loaded / slow

[Joost Kraaijeveld <J.Kraaijeveld@Askesis.nl>]

Hi,

Thanks for the response.

On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 10:04 -0300, Cassiano Leal wrote: 
> > (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed because of a version mismatch.
> > [dri] radeon kernel module version is 2.0.0 but version 1.17.0 or newer is needed.
> > [dri] Disabling DRI.
> 
> Have a look at http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonBuildHowTo#TroubleshootingKMSproblems

> If you are loading the module after having already started X, then
> this might be the only problem. See below.
> 
> > BTW: how can I get the radeon module loaded with those parameters by
> > default? Stopping gdm, un- and reloading the driver manually is rather
> > cumbersome.
> 
> Edit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and add the line:
> 
> radeon modeset=1
> 
> Save the file and run (as root):
> 
> # update-initramfs -u
> 
> Reboot, this should do it.
> 
> If enabling KMS on boot does not solve your DRI problem, please report
> back. I had the same problem when I first installed Debian on my home
> computer and I have solved it, but I don't remember the exact steps I
> took to fix it.

It did not work, I keep getting the same error. If you have the time to
look at you home solution, please do. I would really appreciate that.

TIA

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Groeten,

Joost Kraaijeveld
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