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Re: X doesn't work anymore

by Kurt Schreiner :: Rate this Message:

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Hi,

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 02:34:03AM +0200, Michael wrote:

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> Hello,
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> On Jul 9, 2009, at 6:40 PM, Kurt Schreiner wrote:
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> > [...]
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > no screens found
> >
> > Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
> >         at http://wiki.X.Org
> > for help.
> >
> > Any idea where's the culprit?
>
> Looks like you updated X but not your kernel.
> I committed code to allow X to use arbitrary PCI devices no matter in  
> which PCI domain they are without using /dev/mem - you will need to  
> update your kernel with
> options PCI_ALLOW_MMAP
> then things should work again.
Yep, including "options PCI_ALLOW_MMAP" gets things going again - as long
as I don't add "radeondrm* at vga?", too. With this added I get an unusable
X server causing 100% sys in vmstat...

Kurt


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