Looks like the driver wasn't built with KMS support. Maybe the build dependencies are too lax.
He's using i386, that's what I uploaded. I see "Kernel modesetting: yes" at the end of my build log, and I get KMS on my r300 machines. Strange...
I could try to build it myself to help investigate the issue. What package are we talking about building? Should I get the sources right from the version control?
FWIW, it's an R700 (Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series) built into an Acer Aspire 5536G laptop.
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