[arch-general] ati\kms\kernel problems

[Benny Gaechter]

Hi,
I got the same problem. I have an ati HD5770 and tried with xorg 1.8, kernel
2.6.34, xf86-video-ati (don't know which version it was...) and catalyst
10.7 .
But since it works for me without kms i didn't care much about it...

2010/8/29 Waylls <waylls at lavabit.com>

> So, such a problem.
>
> With 2.6.35(and, it starts from 2.6.34.3) with enabled KMS(ati videocard,
> HD4570) i can't run X with both xorg 1.8 and xorg 1.9.
> Now, i have mesa,libgl,ati-dri,xorg-* packages, xf86-video-ati from
> testing, 2.6.35.4 from here to and still nothing.
> With enabled KMS screen just freezes at startx(i'm using ion3, no DE) and
> that's it. No messages in log. No troubles in dmesg too, KMS starts normaly.
>
> Software versions:
>
> kernel: 2.6.35.4 (testing)
> X: xorg 1.9(testing)
> drivers: xf86-video-ati 6.13.1-2 (testing)
> libgl: 7.8.2-3 (testing)
> mesa: 7.8.2-3 (testing)
>
> --
> With best regards,
> Waylls
>
>