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New thread as recommended by odiseo, the original thread is located here:
My Debian Wheezy installation has some Movie Player problems. I was going to start a new thread but since my topic is somewhat related, I'll ask here:
1. How do I check the video driver version my system is using?
2. Do I need an xorg.conf file to get a resolution not supported by default?
3. If so, where should I expect to find this file?
System information below: uname -r returns 3.2.0-4-amd64 and I'm on Gnome 3.4.2 lspci confirms 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV630 PRO AGP [Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP]
01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV630 audio device [Radeon HD 2600 Series]
I would like to use the "radeon" driver in order to keep things simple. I plan on trying to control the fans in my system later and will probably require assistance doing so. The motherboard details are below:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P AGP Bridge (rev 02)
00:06.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Memory Interface (rev ff)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
I have the following files:
/home/pan/Downloads/fglrx-driver_12-6+point-1.debian.tar.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/updates/dkms/fglrx.ko
/usr/src/fglrx-8.982 (this is a dir)
You need to have something similar, if you have downloaded an ATI driver.
xorg.conf is usually located in /etc/X11
you can have a log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, there you can look for version numbers also
For non-default resolutions you will need an xorg.conf.
pan64
Thanks for the reply but isn't fglrx the ATI proprietary driver? I specifically stated that I wanted the open source "radeon" X driver. Why did you choose the proprietary driver?
Enable the non-free repository, and install the firmware-linux-nonfree package from there. You do not need an xorg.conf as xorg should automatically configure once the kernel driver has the right firmware.
goumba
The non-free is available in my /etc/apt/sources.list so are you confirming that the firmware is required to have the open source "radeon" driver work properly? Did you read above that I do not wish to run the proprietary driver?
It does not make a difference, but you will need to either reboot or at least unload and reload the radeon kernel module (which can be tricky, since it's used to drive the console, likely making rebooting the easiest option).
adamk75
Thank you for participating. I've rebooted and everything has become glacially slow. find /dev -group video now returns
/dev/fb0
/dev/dri/card0
/dev/dri/controlD64
/dev/agpgart
glxinfo |grep -i vendor now returns
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log now returns
Code:
[ 19.676] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 19.676] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 19.676] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 19.676] (==) AIGLX enabled
[ 19.676] (II) Loading extension GLX
[ 19.676] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 19.676] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 19.677] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 19.677] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.13.0
[ 19.677] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 19.677] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 19.677] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 19.677] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 19.678] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 19.695] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 19.695] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 19.695] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 19.695] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[ 19.695] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 19.695] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 19.696] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 19.696] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.2.0
[ 19.696] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 19.696] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[ 19.696] (==) Matched ati as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 19.696] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 19.696] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 19.696] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 19.696] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
[ 19.696] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
[ 19.708] (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 19.708] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 6.14.99
[ 19.708] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 19.708] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[ 19.708] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
[ 19.708] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
[ 19.782] (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 19.782] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 6.14.99
[ 19.783] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 19.783] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[ 19.942] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 19.942] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[ 19.988] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 19.988] compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 2.3.1
[ 19.988] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 19.988] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[ 19.988] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 19.988] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[ 19.994] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 19.994] compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 0.4.2
[ 19.994] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[ 19.994] (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets:
ATI Radeon Mobility X600 (M24) 3150 (PCIE), ATI FireMV 2400 (PCI),
ATI Radeon Mobility X300 (M24) 3152 (PCIE),
ATI FireGL M24 GL 3154 (PCIE), ATI FireMV 2400 3155 (PCI),
ATI Radeon X600 (RV380) 3E50 (PCIE),
ATI FireGL V3200 (RV380) 3E54 (PCIE), ATI Radeon IGP320 (A3) 4136,
ATI Radeon IGP330/340/350 (A4) 4137, ATI Radeon 9500 AD (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9500 AE (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600TX AF (AGP),
ATI FireGL Z1 AG (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800SE AH (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9800 AI (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800 AJ (AGP),
ATI FireGL X2 AK (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600 AP (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9600SE AQ (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600XT AR (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9600 AS (AGP), ATI FireGL T2 AT (AGP), ATI Radeon 9650,
ATI FireGL RV360 AV (AGP), ATI Radeon 7000 IGP (A4+) 4237,
ATI Radeon 8500 AIW BB (AGP), ATI Radeon IGP320M (U1) 4336,
ATI Radeon IGP330M/340M/350M (U2) 4337,
ATI Radeon Mobility 7000 IGP 4437, ATI Radeon 9000/PRO If (AGP/PCI),
ATI Radeon 9000 Ig (AGP/PCI), ATI Radeon X800 (R420) JH (AGP),
ATI Radeon X800PRO (R420) JI (AGP),
ATI Radeon X800SE (R420) JJ (AGP), ATI Radeon X800 (R420) JK (AGP),
ATI Radeon X800 (R420) JL (AGP), ATI FireGL X3 (R420) JM (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9800 (M18) JN (AGP),
ATI Radeon X800 SE (R420) (AGP), ATI Radeon X800XT (R420) JP (AGP),
ATI Radeon X800 VE (R420) JT (AGP), ATI Radeon X850 (R480) (AGP),
ATI Radeon X850 XT (R480) (AGP), ATI Radeon X850 SE (R480) (AGP),
ATI Radeon X850 PRO (R480) (AGP), ATI Radeon X850 XT PE (R480) (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW (AGP),
ATI Mobility FireGL 7800 M7 LX (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LZ (AGP),
ATI FireGL Mobility 9000 (M9) Ld (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 (M9) Lf (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 (M9) Lg (AGP), ATI FireMV 2400 PCI,
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro ND (AGP), ATI Radeon 9700/9500Pro NE (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9600TX NF (AGP), ATI FireGL X1 NG (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9800PRO NH (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800 NI (AGP),
ATI FireGL X2 NK (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800XT NJ (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9600/9700 (M10/M11) NP (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (M10) NQ (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (M11) NR (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (M10) NS (AGP),
ATI FireGL Mobility T2 (M10) NT (AGP),
ATI FireGL Mobility T2e (M11) NV (AGP), ATI Radeon QD (AGP),
ATI Radeon QE (AGP), ATI Radeon QF (AGP), ATI Radeon QG (AGP),
ATI FireGL 8700/8800 QH (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 QL (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9100 QM (AGP), ATI Radeon 7500 QW (AGP/PCI),
ATI Radeon 7500 QX (AGP/PCI), ATI Radeon VE/7000 QY (AGP/PCI),
ATI Radeon VE/7000 QZ (AGP/PCI), ATI ES1000 515E (PCI),
ATI Radeon Mobility X300 (M22) 5460 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon Mobility X600 SE (M24C) 5462 (PCIE),
ATI FireGL M22 GL 5464 (PCIE), ATI Radeon X800 (R423) UH (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X800PRO (R423) UI (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X800LE (R423) UJ (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X800SE (R423) UK (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X800 XTP (R430) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X800 XL (R430) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X800 SE (R430) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X800 (R430) (PCIE),
ATI FireGL V7100 (R423) (PCIE), ATI FireGL V5100 (R423) UQ (PCIE),
ATI FireGL unknown (R423) UR (PCIE),
ATI FireGL unknown (R423) UT (PCIE),
ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 (M26) (PCIE),
ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 (M26) (PCIE),
ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL (M26) (PCIE),
ATI Mobility Radeon X700 (M26) (PCIE),
ATI Mobility Radeon X700 (M26) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X550XTX 5657 (PCIE), ATI Radeon 9100 IGP (A5) 5834,
ATI Radeon Mobility 9100 IGP (U3) 5835,
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 5954 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE), ATI Radeon 9250 5960 (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9200 5961 (AGP), ATI Radeon 9200 5962 (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9200SE 5964 (AGP), ATI FireMV 2200 (PCI),
ATI ES1000 5969 (PCI), ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 5974 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5975 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 5A41 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5A42 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 5A61 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5A62 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X300 (RV370) 5B60 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X600 (RV370) 5B62 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X550 (RV370) 5B63 (PCIE),
ATI FireGL V3100 (RV370) 5B64 (PCIE),
ATI FireMV 2200 PCIE (RV370) 5B65 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 (M9+) 5C61 (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 (M9+) 5C63 (AGP),
ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT (M28) (PCIE),
ATI Mobility FireGL V5100 (M28) (PCIE),
ATI Mobility Radeon X800 (M28) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X850 5D4C (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X850 XT PE (R480) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X850 SE (R480) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X850 PRO (R480) (PCIE),
ATI unknown Radeon / FireGL (R480) 5D50 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X850 XT (R480) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X800XT (R423) 5D57 (PCIE),
ATI FireGL V5000 (RV410) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X700 XT (RV410) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X700 PRO (RV410) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X700 SE (RV410) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X700 (RV410) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X700 SE (RV410) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X1800,
ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 XT, ATI Mobility Radeon X1800,
ATI Mobility FireGL V7200, ATI FireGL V7200, ATI FireGL V5300,
ATI Mobility FireGL V7100, ATI Radeon X1800, ATI Radeon X1800,
ATI Radeon X1800, ATI Radeon X1800, ATI Radeon X1800,
ATI FireGL V7300, ATI FireGL V7350, ATI Radeon X1600, ATI RV505,
ATI Radeon X1300/X1550, ATI Radeon X1550, ATI M54-GL,
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400, ATI Radeon X1300/X1550,
ATI Radeon X1550 64-bit, ATI Mobility Radeon X1300,
ATI Mobility Radeon X1300, ATI Mobility Radeon X1300,
ATI Mobility Radeon X1300, ATI Radeon X1300, ATI Radeon X1300,
ATI RV505, ATI RV505, ATI FireGL V3300, ATI FireGL V3350,
ATI Radeon X1300, ATI Radeon X1550 64-bit, ATI Radeon X1300/X1550,
ATI Radeon X1600, ATI Radeon X1300/X1550, ATI Mobility Radeon X1450,
ATI Radeon X1300/X1550, ATI Mobility Radeon X2300,
ATI Mobility Radeon X2300, ATI Mobility Radeon X1350,
ATI Mobility Radeon X1350, ATI Mobility Radeon X1450,
ATI Radeon X1300, ATI Radeon X1550, ATI Mobility Radeon X1350,
ATI FireMV 2250, ATI Radeon X1550 64-bit, ATI Radeon X1600,
ATI Radeon X1650, ATI Radeon X1600, ATI Radeon X1600,
ATI Mobility FireGL V5200, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600,
ATI Radeon X1650, ATI Radeon X1650, ATI Radeon X1600,
ATI Radeon X1300 XT/X1600 Pro, ATI FireGL V3400,
ATI Mobility FireGL V5250, ATI Mobility Radeon X1700,
ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 XT, ATI FireGL V5200,
ATI Mobility Radeon X1700, ATI Radeon X2300HD,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300,
ATI Radeon X1950, ATI Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1950,
ATI Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1900,
ATI Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1900,
ATI Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1900,
ATI AMD Stream Processor, ATI Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1950,
ATI RV560, ATI RV560, ATI Mobility Radeon X1900, ATI RV560,
ATI Radeon X1950 GT, ATI RV570, ATI RV570, ATI FireGL V7400,
ATI RV560, ATI Radeon X1650, ATI Radeon X1650, ATI RV560,
ATI Radeon 9100 PRO IGP 7834, ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 IGP 7835,
ATI Radeon X1200, ATI Radeon X1200, ATI Radeon X1200,
ATI Radeon X1200, ATI Radeon X1200, ATI RS740, ATI RS740M, ATI RS740,
ATI RS740M, ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT,
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro, ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT,
ATI FireGL V8650, ATI FireGL V8600, ATI FireGL V7600,
ATI Radeon 4800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 4870 x2,
ATI Radeon 4800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 4850 x2,
ATI FirePro V8750 (FireGL), ATI FirePro V7760 (FireGL),
ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4850, ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4850 X2,
ATI Radeon 4800 Series, ATI FirePro RV770, AMD FireStream 9270,
AMD FireStream 9250, ATI FirePro V8700 (FireGL),
ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4870, ATI Mobility RADEON M98,
ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4870, ATI Radeon 4800 Series,
ATI Radeon 4800 Series, ATI FirePro M7750, ATI M98, ATI M98, ATI M98,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650, ATI Radeon RV730 (AGP),
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670, ATI FirePro M5750,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670, ATI Radeon RV730 (AGP),
ATI RV730XT [Radeon HD 4670], ATI RADEON E4600,
ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series, ATI RV730 PRO [Radeon HD 4650],
ATI FirePro V7750 (FireGL), ATI FirePro V5700 (FireGL),
ATI FirePro V3750 (FireGL), ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850, ATI FirePro M7740, ATI RV740,
ATI Radeon HD 4770, ATI Radeon HD 4700 Series, ATI Radeon HD 4770,
ATI FirePro M5750, ATI RV610, ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT,
ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro, ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO AGP, ATI FireGL V4000,
ATI RV610, ATI Radeon HD 2350, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400, ATI RADEON E2400, ATI RV610,
ATI FireMV 2260, ATI RV670, ATI Radeon HD3870,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850, ATI Radeon HD3850,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2, ATI RV670,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2,
ATI Radeon HD3870 X2, ATI FireGL V7700, ATI Radeon HD3850,
ATI Radeon HD3690, AMD Firestream 9170, ATI Radeon HD 4550,
ATI Radeon RV710, ATI Radeon RV710, ATI Radeon RV710,
ATI Radeon HD 4350, ATI Mobility Radeon 4300 Series,
ATI Mobility Radeon 4500 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon 4500 Series,
ATI FirePro RG220, ATI Mobility Radeon 4330, ATI RV630,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT,
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro AGP,
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro, ATI Gemini RV630,
ATI Gemini Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT, ATI FireGL V5600,
ATI FireGL V3600, ATI Radeon HD 2600 LE,
ATI Mobility FireGL Graphics Processor, ATI Radeon HD 3470,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series,
ATI Radeon HD 3450, ATI Radeon HD 3450, ATI Radeon HD 3430,
ATI Radeon HD 3450, ATI FirePro V3700, ATI FireMV 2450,
ATI FireMV 2260, ATI FireMV 2260, ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series,
ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP, ATI Radeon HD 3600 PRO,
ATI Radeon HD 3600 XT, ATI Radeon HD 3600 PRO,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670,
ATI Mobility FireGL V5700, ATI Mobility FireGL V5725,
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics, ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics,
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics, ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics,
ATI Radeon HD 3300 Graphics, ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics,
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics, SUMO, SUMO, SUMO2, SUMO2, SUMO2, SUMO2,
SUMO, SUMO, SUMO, SUMO, SUMO, SUMO, SUMO, SUMO, ATI Radeon HD 4200,
ATI Radeon 4100, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200,
ATI Mobility Radeon 4100, ATI Radeon HD 4290, ATI Radeon HD 4250,
AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics, AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics,
AMD Radeon HD 6250 Graphics, AMD Radeon HD 6250 Graphics,
AMD Radeon HD 6300 Series Graphics,
AMD Radeon HD 6200 Series Graphics, PALM, PALM, PALM, CYPRESS,
ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter,
ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter,
ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter, AMD Firestream 9370,
AMD Firestream 9350, ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series,
ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series,
ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series,
ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series,
ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter,
ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series,
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series, ATI Radeon HD 6700 Series,
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series, ATI Radeon HD 6700 Series,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570,
ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter,
ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter, ATI Radeon HD 5670,
ATI Radeon HD 5570, ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series, REDWOOD,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon Graphics,
ATI Mobility Radeon Graphics, CEDAR,
ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter,
ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter, ATI FirePro 2270, CEDAR,
ATI Radeon HD 5450, CEDAR, CEDAR, CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN,
CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN,
AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series, AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series, CAYMAN, CAYMAN,
CAYMAN, AMD Radeon HD 6900M Series, Mobility Radeon HD 6000 Series,
BARTS, BARTS, Mobility Radeon HD 6000 Series,
Mobility Radeon HD 6000 Series, BARTS, BARTS, BARTS, BARTS,
AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series, AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series,
AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS,
TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS,
TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS,
CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS,
CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, ARUBA, ARUBA,
ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA,
ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA,
ARUBA, ARUBA
[ 20.003] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[ 20.003] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[ 20.003] (++) using VT number 7
[ 20.022] (II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled.
[ 20.022] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[ 20.022] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[ 20.022] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[ 20.022] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 20.023] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[ 20.027] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 20.027] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 0.0.2
[ 20.027] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[ 20.027] (II) RADEON(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[ 20.027] (==) RADEON(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 20.027] (II) RADEON(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
[ 20.027] (==) RADEON(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 20.027] (==) RADEON(0): RGB weight 888
[ 20.027] (II) RADEON(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC)
[ 20.027] (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro AGP" (ChipID = 0x9587)
[ 20.027] (II) RADEON(0): AGP card detected
[ 20.027] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
[ 20.027] drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK)
[ 20.027] drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:01:00.0
[ 20.028] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
[ 20.028] drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK)
[ 20.028] drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 9
[ 20.028] drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:01:00.0
[ 20.028] (II) Loading sub module "exa"
[ 20.028] (II) LoadModule: "exa"
[ 20.028] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so
[ 20.073] (II) Module exa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 20.073] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 2.5.0
[ 20.073] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[ 20.097] (II) RADEON(0): KMS Color Tiling: enabled
[ 20.097] (II) RADEON(0): KMS Pageflipping: enabled
[ 20.097] (II) RADEON(0): SwapBuffers wait for vsync: enabled
[ 20.120] (II) RADEON(0): Output DIN has no monitor section
[ 20.148] (II) RADEON(0): Output DVI-0 has no monitor section
[ 20.388] (II) RADEON(0): Output DVI-1 has no monitor section
[ 20.412] (II) RADEON(0): EDID for output DIN
[ 20.436] (II) RADEON(0): EDID for output DVI-0
[ 20.671] (II) RADEON(0): EDID for output DVI-1
[ 20.671] (II) RADEON(0): Printing probed modes for output DVI-1
[ 20.671] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz e)
[ 20.671] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[ 20.671] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz e)
[ 20.671] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "848x480"x60.0 33.75 848 864 976 1088 480 486 494 517 +hsync +vsync (31.0 kHz e)
[ 20.671] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 489 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[ 20.671] (II) RADEON(0): Output DIN disconnected
[ 20.671] (II) RADEON(0): Output DVI-0 disconnected
[ 20.671] (II) RADEON(0): Output DVI-1 connected
[ 20.671] (II) RADEON(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
[ 20.671] (II) RADEON(0): Output DVI-1 using initial mode 1024x768
[ 20.671] (II) RADEON(0): Using default gamma of (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) unless otherwise stated.
[ 20.671] (II) RADEON(0): mem size init: gart size :1dff000 vram size: s:20000000 visible:fcc0000
[ 20.671] (II) RADEON(0): EXA: Driver will allow EXA pixmaps in VRAM
[ 20.671] (==) RADEON(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[ 20.671] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 20.671] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 20.672] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 20.684] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 20.684] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 20.684] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 20.684] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 20.684] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 20.684] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 20.684] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[ 20.684] (II) Unloading vesa
[ 20.684] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[ 20.684] (II) Unloading fbdev
[ 20.684] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 20.684] (II) Unloading fbdevhw
[ 20.684] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 20.685] (II) RADEON(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[ 20.685] (II) RADEON(0): [DRI2] DRI driver: r600
[ 20.685] (II) RADEON(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: r600
[ 20.685] (II) RADEON(0): Front buffer size: 3072K
[ 20.685] (II) RADEON(0): VRAM usage limit set to 230169K
[ 20.695] (==) RADEON(0): Backing store disabled
[ 20.695] (II) RADEON(0): Direct rendering enabled
[ 20.705] (II) RADEON(0): Setting EXA maxPitchBytes
[ 20.705] (II) EXA(0): Driver allocated offscreen pixmaps
[ 20.705] (II) EXA(0): Driver registered support for the following operations:
[ 20.705] (II) Solid
[ 20.705] (II) Copy
[ 20.705] (II) Composite (RENDER acceleration)
[ 20.705] (II) UploadToScreen
[ 20.705] (II) DownloadFromScreen
[ 20.705] (II) RADEON(0): Acceleration enabled
[ 20.705] (==) RADEON(0): DPMS enabled
[ 20.705] (==) RADEON(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 20.710] (II) RADEON(0): Set up textured video
[ 20.710] (II) RADEON(0): [XvMC] Associated with Radeon Textured Video.
[ 20.710] (II) RADEON(0): [XvMC] Extension initialized.
[ 20.710] (II) RADEON(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
[ 20.710] (--) RandR disabled
[ 20.710] (II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[ 20.710] (II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[ 20.710] (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[ 20.710] (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[ 20.710] (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[ 20.710] (II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[ 20.710] (II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[ 20.710] (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[ 20.710] (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[ 20.710] (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[ 20.710] (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[ 20.710] (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[ 20.710] (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[ 20.710] (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[ 20.710] (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[ 20.710] (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[ 20.711] (II) SELinux: Disabled on system
[ 21.100] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
[ 21.100] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_INTEL_swap_event
[ 21.100] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control
[ 21.101] (II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects
[ 21.102] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized r600
[ 21.102] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
[ 21.130] (II) RADEON(0): Setting screen physical size to 270 x 203
[ 21.812] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event2)
[ 21.812] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 21.812] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[ 21.812] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 21.857] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 21.857] compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 2.7.0
[ 21.857] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 21.857] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 16.0
[ 21.857] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 21.857] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 21.857] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
[ 21.857] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[ 21.857] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[ 21.857] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[ 21.857] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input2/event2"
[ 21.857] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[ 21.857] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 21.857] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 21.857] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 21.858] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
[ 21.858] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 21.858] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 21.858] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 21.858] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[ 21.858] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[ 21.858] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[ 21.858] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[ 21.858] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input1/event1"
[ 21.858] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[ 21.858] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 21.858] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 21.858] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 21.859] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event5)
[ 21.859] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 21.859] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 21.859] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
[ 21.859] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 21.859] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[ 21.859] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[ 21.859] (**) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[ 21.859] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Vendor 0x1 Product 0x1
[ 21.859] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
[ 21.859] (II) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[ 21.859] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0/event0"
[ 21.859] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[ 21.859] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 21.859] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 21.859] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 21.860] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse (/dev/input/event4)
[ 21.860] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 21.860] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse'
[ 21.860] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: always reports core events
[ 21.860] (**) evdev: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
[ 21.860] (--) evdev: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Vendor 0x2 Product 0x5
[ 21.860] (--) evdev: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons
[ 21.860] (--) evdev: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
[ 21.860] (--) evdev: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Found relative axes
[ 21.860] (--) evdev: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
[ 21.860] (II) evdev: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Configuring as mouse
[ 21.860] (II) evdev: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Adding scrollwheel support
[ 21.860] (**) evdev: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 21.860] (**) evdev: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 21.860] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input4/event4"
[ 21.860] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 9)
[ 21.860] (II) evdev: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
[ 21.860] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 21.860] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 21.860] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 21.860] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 21.861] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
[ 21.861] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 21.861] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 21.861] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event3)
[ 21.861] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 21.861] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
I'm not so sure installing the firmware was a good idea.
adamk75 X -version returns
X.Org X Server 1.12.4
Release Date: 2012-08-27
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-4.drm-amd64 x86_64 Debian
Current Operating System: Linux 775i65G 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.35-2 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 root=UUID=8492d06a-0baf-43f8-8ef4-564de81994c3 ro quiet
Build Date: 23 February 2013 02:40:45PM
xorg-server 2:1.12.4-5 (Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>)
Current version of pixman: 0.26.0
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version. glxinfo | grep _i direct confirms that the card is doing the rendering.
direct rendering: Yes
The kernel log indicates HPA is broken. There is also an EDID checksum error and WB is disabled. Video playback stammers now but does play all the way through. Log output below, any ideas?
I just did a quick web search, seems that EDID has been a kernel issue for a while, and seems to affects various adapters as it is a monitor identification thing. However most (more recent) reports I see state this does not affect performance, just a nuisance in the logs. However it can degrade performance on some hardware, looks like yours may be one.
Add this line to /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf, reboot.
goumba
That little line change made a great deal of difference. The system is nice and snappy now, movies play smoothly and it feels like it's supposed to. Have I lost any functionality with this workaround? Are there any known vulnerabilities or limitations introduced by it? If not, a great many thanks to you and rep points added.
For future reference, what is the source of this EDID anomoly?
Now, two issues remain uresolved:
1. I would like additional resolutions available for a trinitron display (1280x1024)
2. I would like control of the fans on my video card and CPU.
1. I would like additional resolutions available for a trinitron display (1280x1024)
2. I would like control of the fans on my video card and CPU.
1. ANy resolutions supported should be available in the Displays control panel in the System Settings app (I'm guessing you're using the stock Wheezy with GNOME 3). Unfortunately the GNOME team decided not to display color dpeth information (on my laptop I get two listings for 1366x768, I take it the difference between the two is the color depth).
2. Sorry I cnanot help there, but maybe someone else who can will see this thread and contribute.
For future reference, what is the source of this EDID anomoly?
Oops, sorry.
The EDID from what I underestand is a way of identifying a display (monitor, tv, etc). The kernel module is probing displays you do not have connected, from what I understand if you have a display adapter that has certain ports it tends to take a significant time to perform this probing.
Last edited by goumba; 03-18-2013 at 01:02 PM.
Reason: Damn, wish I could find the link with the info about EDID
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