Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] Help with radeon 3000

[Connor B. <con...@gm...>]

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> I'm trying to install 2.6.29 on a new PC with ASUS M3A76-CM
> motherboard which claims to have an integrated ATI Radeon 3000
> card.
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> I've compiled support for Radeonfb and the other I2C things.
> However, when the kernel boots the card is not detected.
> It either boots in VESA or (when the vesafb and vga framebuffers
> are not compiled in) in text mode.
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> I've even added the option "video=radeonfb:1024x768".
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> Grepping dmesg for 'radeon' shows nothing except the command
> line option.
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> I suspect the Radeon 3000 is r600. That is too new. Radeonfb is dying, work
hasnt been done on it since r300 or 400. To get it working youll need either
a generic driver like vesafb or uvesafb or ideally the new modesetting
radeon driver. It is a dual purpose fb and drm driver which you load with
modprobe radeon modeset=1. The only problem is, its slowly being worked into
the kernel. Lookup the custom kernel, drm rawhide.