Radeonhd + Radeon X1250

Question

So I'm having some issues starting the X Server using the radeonhd driver with an X1250 card. I've tried a number of fixes from around the net and Arch Forums, with varying degrees of success and nothing definite. Most of the fixes involved xorg.conf edits.
Using a fresh install of Arch64, X.Org (configured with hwd) and radeonhd (xorg.conf edits from Arch ATI Wiki were applied), this is the output after starting the X Server as a user:
X.Org X Server 1.5.3
Release Date: 5 November 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.21-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux myhost 2.6.28-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jan 25 09:43:53 UTC 2009 x86_64
Build Date: 17 December 2008 10:46:49PM
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default settng,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log.Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jan 30 02:02:47 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "record" (module does not exist, 0)
None
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/TTF, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/Type1, removing from list!
waiting for X server to shut down
As I said before, I've tried a number of things with no one fix giving results. Installing TTF and Type1 fonts gets rid of the "Could not init font path element" errors, but still doesn't allow the X Server to start. Commenting out the type1 and record modules from the xorg.conf gets rid of the "(EE)" errors, and again gives no X. Both combined leave me with no X and the remaining output:
None
waiting for X server to shut down
The Catalyst driver with aticonfig has also not done the trick thus far, giving a similar error output with a few different elements.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

Based on your suggestion, I tried starting X as a user without an xorg.conf file and received this error output:
(EE) Unable to locate/open config file
New driver is "ati"
(==) Using default built-in configuration (30 lines)
(EE) Failed to load module "ati" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
waiting for X server to shut down error setting MTRR (base = 0xd0000000, size = 0x01000000, type = 1) Invalid argument (22)
Also, I decided to try starting X using my xorg.conf file again so I can grab any EE or WW messages from the Xorg.0.log. Here's what I got:
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/PEX" does noy exist.
(WW) 'fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic".
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does noy exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western" does noy exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives" does noy exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/truetype" does noy exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice" does noy exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera" does noy exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/lates-ttf-fonts" does noy exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID" does noy exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType" does noy exist.
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(WW) Option "XkbVariant" requires an string value
(WW) RADEONHD(0): xf86UnMapVidMem: cannot find region for [0x7f669097e000,0x10000000]
Thanks for the help thus far!
Last edited by toomas (2009-01-31 15:40:43)