[OpenIndiana-discuss] IO_b148 on an ATI HD 5770: Xorg failure / black screen

[Edward Martinez]

On 12/26/10 02:05, Edward Martinez wrote:
> On 12/26/10 05:34, Robin Axelsson wrote:
>> I have tried using various configurations ranging from the system's 
>> automatic setup (i.e. no xorg.conf) to using various custom made 
>> xorg.conf files where I tried enforcing different drivers such as the 
>> VESA driver and different screen resolutions. None of these attempts 
>> has managed to produce an image signal in Xorg to any kind of monitor.
>>
>> I'm using an XFX Radeon HD 5770 1GB version for GPU.
>>
>> The monitor I'm using is connected to the HDMI port of the graphics 
>> adapter and it works fine. When booting into Windows 7 I get a full 
>> 1080p screen resolution in 32bpp and I even get sound. I have tried 
>> booting the system up with an older analog VGA monitor but the screen 
>> is still black on it.
>>
>> - Robin.
>>
>
>    Seems like the Radeon HD 5770;  codenamed  Evergreen (R800) is not 
> supported by Xorg's radeonhd driver:
>
>
>    The /radeonhd/ driver supports video cards based on
>
>    * R500 style hardware: R5xx, RV5xx, RS6xx, RS740, M52 and up
>    * R600 style hardware: R6xx, RV6xx, RS780, M64 and up
>    * R700 style hardware: RV7xx
>
>
>       http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonhd#SupportedHardware
>       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon
>
>
>   OI booted with GUI on my gentoo workstation with a RadeonHD 4670 
> (R700 chipset)
>   I can only suggest to downgrade to an R700 based card.
>
>   Regards
>    Edward
>
>
>
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     Hi,

      unless OI is already using the "ati" driver then it should be working:

        http://www.x.org/wiki/radeon

     Regards
     Edward