Re: X stopped working on my T41p :-/

On 02/14/07 03:29, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> X stopped working on my T41p, and I'm wondering if anybody know if
> this failure indication of hardware trouble, or if there is some
> trick to getting the attention of the radeon chip ?
> 
> I have tried all the usual tricks, holy water, dead chicken, take
> out batteries for 15 minutes etc.
> 
> Failing any good ideas for recovery, recommendations for sensible
> and solid laptops are welcome in private email.
> 
> Poul-Henning
> 
> 
> xauth:  creating new authority file /home/phk/.serverauth.829
> 
> 
> X Window System Version 6.9.0
> Release Date: 21 December 2005
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9
> Build Operating System: FreeBSD 7.0 i386 [ELF] 
> Current Operating System: FreeBSD critter.freebsd.dk 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Tue Jan  2 13:14:38 UTC 2007     root_at_critter.freebsd.dk:/usr/obj/critter/src/sys/TP41P i386
> Build Date: 02 January 2007
> 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
> 	to make sure that you have the latest version.
> Module Loader present
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
> 	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> 	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Feb 14 09:06:46 2007
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/xorg.conf"
> [drm] failed to load kernel module "radeon"
> (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed.  Disabling DRI.
> (EE) RADEON(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine...
> (EE) RADEON(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine...
> (EE) RADEON(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine...
> [...]
> 


I've seen this before on an older radeon card, that died on me.  Not 
saying that's your issue, but it might be.  Also - do you mean to have 
the radeon kernel module loaded?  I'm not sure what happens if you don't 
have it and ask for it..

Eric