radeon: no matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found

[Alex Deucher]

On 10/31/05, Andy Goth <unununium at openverse.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 06:55:18PM -0600, dandimmitt wrote:
> > Problems configuring Xorg:
> > (working with a gentoo installation)
>
> Did Gentoo make your xorg.conf, did you edit it manually or with some
> tool, or did you make it from scratch?
>
> > Mousenot detected
>
> Your mouse device is probably /dev/input/mice .  Go check.
>
> > Failed to load module "i810"
>
> Why would you need this module?  You have ATI hardware.
>
> > Problems when running startx:
> > radeon: no matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found
> >
> > Problems when running X –config /root/xorg.conf.new:
> >
> > Parse error on line 46 of section Monitor in file /root.xorg.conf.new
>
> May we see the file?  Post it online and give us a link.
>
> >             "AD"" is not a valid keyword in this section
>
> Hmm, I wonder where that's coming from.  Typo?
>
> > How do I specify the bus id?
>
> Add 'BusID "PCI:1:0:1"' to your Device section in your xorg.conf .  But
> if you already have a device section with 'BusID "PCI:1:0:0"' in it,
> then it means your board appears as two devices.  I saw one such board
> earlier tonight (also a Radeon, possibly identical to yours).  I don't
> yet know why this is so, or if it is even significant.
>
> > 0000:01:00:0 Vga compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (rev 01)
> > 0000:01:00:1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5940 (rev 01)
> >

Ignore busid 01:00:1.  it's merely a flag to make dualhead work with
windows 2000.  the real device lives at 01:00:0.  If you have a
dualhead card and want to use both heads, specify the 1:0:0 busid for
both devices and use the screen 0/1 flags.

Alex

> > Is this last item the unspecified bus id?
>
> It's a warning, not an error.  First focus on the syntax problems.
>
> > I would very much appreciate any suggestions
>
> No problem.
>
> /me twiddles thumbs while waiting for someone to have a look at my post
> from earlier today... :^)
>
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