[CentOS] Radeon graphics problems with CentOS 6.6

Wed Dec 3 14:06:20 UTC 2014
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

On 12/02/2014 10:30 PM, Darby Vicker wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I saw in the CentOS 6.6 release notes that the Xorg ABI has changed but
> that "This should not concern anyone who uses the default drivers shipped
> with CentOS." I'm using the ATI drivers in Base but X still fails when I
> boot a CentOS 6.6 kernel.  I was hoping this is a known problem that would
> get fixed with a kernel update but I'm still having problems with the
> 2.6.32-504.1.3.el6.x86_64 kernel.  Relevant info below.  Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Darby
> 
> [root at c6 ~]# lspci | grep VGA
> 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
> BeaverCreek [Radeon HD 6530D]
> [root at c6 ~]# uname -a
> Linux c6 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Sep 9 21:36:05 UTC 2014
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> [root at c6 ~]# yum list xorg-x11-drv-ati.x86_64
> xorg-x11-drv-ati-firmware.noarch
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>  * base: repos.dfw.quadranet.com
>  * epel: mirror.compevo.com
>  * extras: repos.dfw.quadranet.com
>  * updates: repos.dfw.quadranet.com
> Installed Packages
> xorg-x11-drv-ati.x86_64                        7.3.99-2.el6
>  @base
> xorg-x11-drv-ati-firmware.noarch               7.3.99-2.el6
>  @base
> [root at c6 ~]#
> 
> Log messages containing "radeon" from booting into the CentOS 6.6 kernel:
> 
> c6 kernel: [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
> c6 kernel: fb: conflicting fb hw usage radeondrmfb vs EFI VGA - removing
> generic driver
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: VRAM: 512M 0x0000000000000000 -
> 0x000000001FFFFFFF (512M used)
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: GTT: 1024M 0x0000000020000000 -
> 0x000000005FFFFFFF
> c6 kernel: [drm] radeon: 512M of VRAM memory ready
> c6 kernel: [drm] radeon: 1024M of GTT memory ready.
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: requesting radeon/SUMO_pfp.bin
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: requesting radeon/SUMO_me.bin
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: requesting radeon/SUMO_rlc.bin
> c6 kernel: [drm] radeon: dpm initialized
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: requesting radeon/SUMO_uvd.bin
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: WB enabled
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr
> 0x0000000020000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff8801b6e81c00
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr
> 0x0000000020000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff8801b6e81c0c
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr
> 0x0000000000072118 and cpu addr 0xffffc900229b2118
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: radeon: using MSI.
> c6 kernel: [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
> c6 kernel: [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
> c6 kernel: fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: registered panic notifier
> c6 kernel: [drm] Initialized radeon 2.37.0 20080528 for 0000:00:01.0 on
> minor 0
> c6 kernel: powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD A6-3600 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
> (4 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
> 
> 
> Log messages from booting into the CentOS 6.5 kernel:
> 
> c6 kernel: [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
> c6 kernel: fb: conflicting fb hw usage radeondrmfb vs EFI VGA - removing
> generic driver
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: VRAM: 512M 0x0000000000000000 -
> 0x000000001FFFFFFF (512M used)
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: GTT: 512M 0x0000000020000000 -
> 0x000000003FFFFFFF
> c6 kernel: [drm] radeon: 512M of VRAM memory ready
> c6 kernel: [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready.
> c6 kernel: platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/SUMO_pfp.bin
> c6 kernel: platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/SUMO_me.bin
> c6 kernel: platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/SUMO_rlc.bin
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: WB enabled
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr
> 0x0000000020000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff8801b83aec00
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr
> 0x0000000020000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff8801b83aec0c
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: radeon: using MSI.
> c6 kernel: [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
> c6 kernel: [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
> c6 kernel: [drm] radeon: power management initialized
> c6 kernel: fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
> c6 kernel: radeon 0000:00:01.0: registered panic notifier
> c6 kernel: [drm] Initialized radeon 2.30.0 20080528 for 0000:00:01.0 on
> minor 0
> c6 kernel: powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD A6-3600 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
> (4 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
> c6 kernel: CPU0: AMD A6-3600 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics stepping 00

I would say take a look at the latest fglrx drivers at elrepo and see if
they work.

http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el6/


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