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Subject: Re: Segmentation fault
From: "StompDagger1 () yahoo ! com" <stompdagger1 () yahoo ! com>
Date: 2012-12-12 6:37:17
Message-ID: 1355294237.62793.YahooMailNeo () web125506 ! mail ! ne1 ! yahoo ! com
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>On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 5:48 AM, StompDagger1@yahoo.com <stompdagger1@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>On Die, 2012-12-11 at 01:45 -0800, StompDagger1@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>> >On Mon, 2012-12-10 at 11:33 -0800, StompDagger1@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>>> >> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:16 PM, <olivier.e.amann@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >> >> When starting openSuse 12.2, the X-server terminates with a
>>>> >> segmentation fault (see attached log file).
>>>> >>
>>>> >> >The open source driver should support your card just fine. Can
>>>> you
>>>> >> >install debugging symbols and get a proper backtrace with GDB?
>>>> >> >http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/ServerDebugging
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Alex, looking at his log, I don't see the card in the support list,
>>>> >> his card is the v7700?
>>>>
>>>> >As you can see in the lspci output, it's a 7500, which is Turks
>>>> >(Northern Islands generation) based.
>>>>
>>>> >If the driver didn't support the card, it would bail much earlier.
>>>>
>>>> looking at the xorg log, I see Turks only as part of the AMD Radeon HD
>>>> 6700 Series, does this means that 7500 Series is part of the 6700
>>>> Series?
>>
>>>It's complicated. :\
>>
>>>7xx0 and 6xx0 are marketing names, which are mostly irrelevant for
>>>driver support, in contrast to code names such as Turks, Northern
>>>Islands etc.
>>
>> I see, so maybe it is a good idea to fix the radeon output? if I had this
>> problem, I'd assume that the driver doesn't supports the card, this would
>> have wasted a lot of time.
>Marketing and OEMs come up with so many different names, it's hard to
>keep track. Best bet it to look at the pci ids, or check wikipedia:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ati_gpu
>Alex
I see, thanks for the explanation.
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times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">>On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 5:48 AM, <a \
ymailto="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com" \
href="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com">StompDagger1@yahoo.com</a> <<a \
ymailto="mailto:stompdagger1@yahoo.com" \
href="mailto:stompdagger1@yahoo.com">stompdagger1@yahoo.com</a>> \
wrote:<br>>>>On Die, 2012-12-11 at 01:45 -0800, <a \
ymailto="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com" \
href="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com">StompDagger1@yahoo.com</a> \
wrote:<br>>>>> >On Mon, 2012-12-10 at 11:33 -0800, <a \
ymailto="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com" \
href="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com">StompDagger1@yahoo.com</a> \
wrote:<br>>>>>> >> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:16 PM, <<a \
ymailto="mailto:olivier.e.amann@gmail.com" \
href="mailto:olivier.e.amann@gmail.com">olivier.e.amann@gmail.com</a>><br>>>>> \
wrote:<br>>>>> >> >> When starting openSuse 12.2, the \
X-server terminates with a<br>>>>> >> segmentation fault (see \
attached log file).<br>>>>> >><br>>>>> >> >The \
open source driver should support your card just fine. Can<br>>>>> \
you<br>>>>> >> >install debugging symbols and get a proper \
backtrace with GDB?<br>>>>> >> \
>http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/ServerDebugging<br>>>>> \
>><br>>>>> >> Alex, looking at his log, I don't see the card \
in the support list,<br>>>>> >> his card is the \
v7700?<br>>>>><br>>>>> >As you can see in the lspci \
output, it's a 7500, which is Turks<br>>>>> >(Northern Islands \
generation) based.<br>>>>><br>>>>> >If the driver didn't \
support the card, it would bail much earlier.<br>>>>><br>>>>> \
looking at the xorg log, I see Turks only as part of the AMD Radeon \
HD<br>>>>> 6700 Series, does this means that 7500 Series is part of the \
6700<br>>>>> Series?<br>>><br>>>>It's complicated. \
:\<br>>><br>>>>7xx0 and 6xx0 are marketing names, which are mostly \
irrelevant for<br>>>>driver support, in contrast to code names such as \
Turks, Northern<br>>>>Islands etc.<br>>><br>>> I see, so maybe \
it is a good idea to fix the radeon output? if I had this<br>>> problem, I'd \
assume that the driver doesn't supports the card, this would<br>>> have wasted \
a lot of time.<br><br><br>>Marketing and OEMs come up with so many different \
names, it's hard to<br>>keep track. Best bet it to look at the pci ids, or \
check wikipedia:<br>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ati_gpu<br><br>>Alex<br><br>I \
see, thanks for the explanation.<br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>
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