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Hello,

On Jul 10, 2009, at 4:45 PM, Kurt Schreiner wrote:

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

And that worked before? All that changed is how PCI devices are found  
and through which /dev entry they are mapped, the resulting mappings  
should be identical.
Where does the Xserver spin?

have fun
Michael

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