Canot read V_BIOS

RockerZ71 rockerz71 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 16 08:29:50 PST 2006


I just compiled Xorg 7.0 yesterday and ran into this problem.  I found several 
similar problems on the web but no good explanations or solutions as far as I 
can tell, but it does seem to be fairly common. 

I am running an AGP geforce4 and PCI AIW radeon (the original one, i don't 
know what the real model number is).  Everything worked yesterday morning 
with 6.8 so there shouldnt be anything wrong with the hardware.  Below is 
bits of the log that I thought might be important, I can provide more info if 
necessary.  

Also, after installing it couldnt locate pcidata and bitmap, I 
added /usr/lib/xorg modulepath in the config file, in case it matters.

Thanks


X Window System Version 7.0.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 i686

(**) FontPath set to 
"/usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi,/usr/share/fonts/TTF,/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Module ABI versions:
	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
	X.Org Video Driver: 0.8
	X.Org XInput driver : 0.5
	X.Org Server Extension : 0.2
	X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libbitmap.so
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
	ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(--) using VT number 7

(II) Loading sub module "radeon"
(II) LoadModule: "radeon"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
(II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 4.0.3
	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Setting vga for screen 1.
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) NV(0): Initializing int10
(II) NV(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(--) NV(0): Chipset: "GeForce4 MX 4000"

(II) RADEON(1): MMIO registers at 0xe7000000
(II) RADEON(1): PCI bus 0 card 10 func 0
(==) RADEON(1): Depth 16, (==) framebuffer bpp 16
(II) RADEON(1): Pixel depth = 16 bits stored in 2 bytes (16 bpp pixmaps)
(==) RADEON(1): Default visual is TrueColor
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so
(II) RADEON(1): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03b0, hwp->PIOOffset is 
0x0000
(==) RADEON(1): RGB weight 565
(II) RADEON(1): Using 6 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC)
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so
(II) RADEON(1): initializing int10
(EE) RADEON(1): Cannot read V_BIOS
(--) RADEON(1): Chipset: "ATI Radeon QD (AGP)" (ChipID = 0x5144)
(--) RADEON(1): Linear framebuffer at 0xe0000000
(--) RADEON(1): VideoRAM: 8192 kByte (64 bit SDR SDRAM)
(II) RADEON(1): PCI card detected
(II) RADEON(1): Color tiling enabled by default
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libddc.so
(II) Loading sub module "i2c"
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libi2c.so
(II) RADEON(1): I2C bus "DDC" initialized.
(WW) RADEON(1): Video BIOS not detected in PCI space!
(WW) RADEON(1): Attempting to read Video BIOS from legacy ISA space!
(WW) RADEON(1): Invalid ROM pointer, BIOS data will not be used
(II) RADEON(1): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) RADEON(1): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
(II) RADEON(1): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) RADEON(1): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
(II) RADEON(1): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) RADEON(1): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
(II) RADEON(1): DDC Type: 2, Detected Type: 0
(II) RADEON(1): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) RADEON(1): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
(II) RADEON(1): DDC Type: 3, Detected Type: 1
(II) RADEON(1): Monitor1 EDID data ---------------------------
(II) RADEON(1): Manufacturer: COR  Model: 20e1  Serial#: 16843009
(WW) RADEON(1): Video BIOS not detected, using default clock settings!
(WW) RADEON(1): Clock not counting...
(WW) RADEON(1): Failed to probe xtal value ! Using default 27Mhz

   *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not
   *** be the reason for the server aborting.

Backtrace:
0: X(xf86SigHandler+0xa0) [0x80c2010]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 8.  Server aborting





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