On Saturday 05 December 2009 08:51:23 and regarding: > Hi, I installed kernel26 and kernel26-firmware from testing, and I'm > experiencing some problems with KMS. During system initialization, the > system requests the firmware radeon/R300_cp.bin, waits a couple of seconds > and then proceeds normal initialization. But when I log into X, DRI isn't > enabled. Checking dmesg, I see that the kernel couldn't load R300 firmware, > therefore disabling GPU acceleration. > My problem is the same of this post: > http://old.nabble.com/kernel-2.6.32-experiences-td26458040.html. Thomas said > that mkinitcpio automatically inserts firmware listed in modinfo module in > the initramfs image. When I run modinfo radeon | grep R300, it shows me > 'firmware: radeon/R300_cp.bin'. So it should be available to kernel at the > time of requesting it, shouldn't it? > Has someone any idea to help solving that problem? > > Thanks in advance. > > Gabriel, I can confirm. I loaded 2.6.32 tonight and the box hung right after the screen flashed (where it normally goes from big text to small text [i.e. changes resolution]) and the box locked up. I had to use the install cd to downgrade to 2.6.31-6 in order to boot again... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
