Bug#461580: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: X doesn't start on ATI Radeon Mobility 9600/9700 (M10/M11) NP (AGP)

[thahn01@t-online.de (Thomas Hahn)]

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:51:30PM +0100, Brice Goglin wrote:
> Thomas Hahn wrote:
> > Followup-For: Bug #461580
> > Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
> > Version: 1:6.9.0-1+lenny4
> >
> > *** Please type your report below this line ***
> > I am getting the same kind of error messages like:
> > 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
> >
> > Backtrace:
> > 0: /usr/bin/X11/X(xf86SigHandler+0x7e) [0x80c91ce]
> > 1: [0xb7fdb400]
> > 2: 
> > /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//radeon_drv.so(RADEONDRIGetVersion+0x114) 
> > [0xb7b7dbb4]
> > 3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//radeon_drv.so [0xb7b4ae53]
> > 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//radeon_drv.so(RADEONPreInit+0xf2f) 
> > [0xb7b4da9f]
> > 5: /usr/bin/X11/X(InitOutput+0xa0f) [0x80ab3ff]
> > 6: /usr/bin/X11/X(main+0x2b1) [0x8074591]
> > 7: /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7d59775]
> > 8: /usr/bin/X11/X [0x8073a81]
> >   
> 
> You probably need to load the radeon kernel module. Your board is well
> supported. It should just work. If it doesn't, please send the relevant
> dmesg lines.
> 

Yep, that works.
I have added it to /etc/modules.
Maybe not the best debian way, but easily done.

Why has this been loaded automatically before and not now?

> > The bug I am responding to however is for xserver-xorg-video-ati.
> > Looking at the first message from brian@derocher.org,
> > I think this is about xserver-xorg-video-radeon
> >   
> 
> It's kind of the same. ati is just a wrapper that loads radeon
> underneath on your machine.
> 
> Brice
> 

Tnx Thomas