On 07.12.2009 05:54, David C. Rankin wrote: > 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... > > I'm confirming this as well. Mine fails at radeon/R200_cp.bin, though. Loading in rc.conf works alright but the GPU appears to get very hot. I have no diode on it but it just tries to burn a hole through my laptop. Again, KMS performance is just as bad as with kernel 2.6.31. I get better performance without KMS and the system runs a lot cooler in idle as well. My card is a puny rv250 (aka Radeon Mobile 9000). -- Sven-Hendrik
