On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Gary Dale <garyd...@rogers.com> wrote: > On 05/08/12 04:59 AM, John Kapnogiannis wrote: >> >> Hello. I own a dell studio 1555 laptop with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD >> 4570 (RV710) gpu and I have problems configuring it. I recently found >> out that support has been dropped from fglrx and that the only >> solution for me is the open source radeon driver. Here's my story: >> >> I edited the xorg.conf file and replaced "fglrx" with "radeon". Except >> from that there are no more options added to the segment "Device". I >> istalled all the packages necessary for non-free firmware etc. I use >> an up-to-date testing installation with KDE. KDM never comes up. I >> just get a console where i type my login credentials and type "startx" >> in order to start x server. KDE gets loaded with 3d effects on after >> an upgrade in some acpi packages. Prior to that upgrade 3d effects >> failed to load. >> >> My problem on all this is that after a while my laptop starts to gain >> high temperature leading to a complete cut of power. Suppose this is a >> failsafe method for it to avoid permanent damage. I have searched but >> I have found no solution. Any help? >> >> Please cc me cause I am not currently registered to this mailing list. >> >> Thank you very much > > > Have you tried it without using an xorg.conf? Also, do you have the radeon > kernel module loaded?
Yes I have tried deleting the xorg.conf but the results are the same. I think KMS is enabled. I found that out following a guide in debian wiki. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cag2f48htj4oiudfgeu-_ng+de3pihwi9m8tzn7hthx7v_de...@mail.gmail.com
