Felix Miata composed on 2021-12-26 04:40 (UTC-0500):
Thomas Zimmermann composed on 2021-12-23 11:00 (UTC+0100):
To test if you booted with generic DRM, do
dmesg | grep drm
on the command line. The output should mention 'simpledrm' somewhere.
On old Radeon there's a lot more from lsmod than old NVidia, but no "simple":
# lsmod | grep simple # lsmod | grep drm drm_ttm_helper 16384 1 radeon ttm 61440 2 drm_ttm_helper,radeon drm_kms_helper 245760 1 radeon cec 49152 1 drm_kms_helper fb_sys_fops 16384 1 drm_kms_helper syscopyarea 16384 1 drm_kms_helper sysfillrect 16384 1 drm_kms_helper sysimgblt 16384 1 drm_kms_helper drm 450560 10 drm_ttm_helper,radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper # inxi -SGayz System: Kernel: 5.15.11-5.g730a488-default i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.1 parameters: root=LABEL=11ostw ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 noresume vga=791 video=1024x768@60 video=1440x900@60 5 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: KDM Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20211224 Graphics: Device-1: AMD RV516 [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series] vendor: Dell driver: radeon v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:7183 class-ID: 0300 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.2 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa alternate: ati display-ID: :0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 120 s-size: 406x253mm (16.0x10.0") s-diag: 478mm (18.8") Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94 size: 519x324mm (20.4x12.8") diag: 612mm (24.1") OpenGL: renderer: ATI RV515 v: 2.1 Mesa 21.3.1 direct render: Yes #
Almost all seems fine. Ttys and Xorg work, but bad things show up in journal and dmesg: https://paste.opensuse.org/42174599
no simple in dmesg either: # uname -a Linux gx28b 5.15.11-5.g730a488-default #1 SMP Thu Dec 23 06:47:43 UTC 2021 (730a488) i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux # dmesg | grep drm [ 33.799039] systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Module drm... [ 75.421833] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled. [ 75.424814] [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (RV515 0x1002:0x7183 0x1028:0x0302 0x00). [ 75.424992] [drm] Generation 2 PCI interface, using max accessible memory [ 75.425074] [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=256M, BAR=256M [ 75.425084] [drm] RAM width 128bits DDR [ 75.425130] [drm] radeon: 256M of VRAM memory ready [ 75.425139] [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready. [ 75.425156] [drm] GART: num cpu pages 131072, num gpu pages 131072 [ 75.428802] [drm] radeon: 1 quad pipes, 1 z pipes initialized. [ 75.432148] [drm] PCIE GART of 512M enabled (table at 0x0000000000040000). [ 75.432510] [drm] radeon: irq initialized. [ 75.432533] [drm] Loading R500 Microcode [ 75.989505] [drm] radeon: ring at 0x0000000010001000 [ 75.989559] [drm] ring test succeeded in 7 usecs [ 75.989652] [drm] ib test succeeded in 0 usecs [ 75.992254] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors [ 75.992270] [drm] Connector 0: [ 75.992276] [drm] DVI-I-1 [ 75.992282] [drm] HPD1 [ 75.992287] [drm] DDC: 0x7e40 0x7e40 0x7e44 0x7e44 0x7e48 0x7e48 0x7e4c 0x7e4c [ 75.992298] [drm] Encoders: [ 75.992303] [drm] CRT1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC1 [ 75.992309] [drm] DFP1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_TMDS1 [ 75.992315] [drm] Connector 1: [ 75.992320] [drm] SVIDEO-1 [ 75.992326] [drm] Encoders: [ 75.992331] [drm] TV1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC2 [ 75.992336] [drm] Connector 2: [ 75.992342] [drm] VGA-1 [ 75.992347] [drm] DDC: 0x7e50 0x7e50 0x7e54 0x7e54 0x7e58 0x7e58 0x7e5c 0x7e5c [ 75.992357] [drm] Encoders: [ 75.992361] [drm] CRT2: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC2 [ 76.120643] [drm] fb mappable at 0xC00C0000 [ 76.120664] [drm] vram apper at 0xC0000000 [ 76.120671] [drm] size 9216000 [ 76.120677] [drm] fb depth is 24 [ 76.120683] [drm] pitch is 7680 [ 76.121351] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device [ 76.173133] radeon 0000:01:00.0: [drm] fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device [ 76.173234] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.50.0 20080528 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0 # dmesg | grep imple [ 0.179060] rcu: Hierarchical RCU implementation. [ 0.368862] rcu: Hierarchical SRCU implementation. [ 0.370195] Simple Boot Flag at 0x7a set to 0x1 # zypsei nel-def il | kernel-default | package | 5.12.13-1.1 | i586 | (System Packages) il | kernel-default | package | 5.13.12-1.2 | i586 | (System Packages) il | kernel-default | package | 5.14.14-3.3 | i586 | (System Packages) il | kernel-default | package | 5.15.11-5.1.g730a488 | i586 | homeTiwaiSimpledrm # -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata