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I am testing mga3-RC on an HP dx5150. I can only get the video to work when using the generic VESA driver. When I try to use the "ATI Radeon HD 4870 and earlier" driver (which is where the configuration utility wants to default) testing returns "an error occurred no screens found try to change some parameters". If I just save the configuration and reboot X won't start at all and I have to revert to VESA from cli. Output of lspci -vv follows...

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3009
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64
        Region 3: Memory at <ignored> (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512M]

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS480 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 99
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=68
        I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
        Memory behind bridge: fda00000-fdafffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c8000000-00000000d7ffffff
        Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
                PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS480 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
        Memory behind bridge: fde00000-fdefffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fdb00000-00000000fdbfffff
        Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
                PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:12.0 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3009
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 23
        Region 0: I/O ports at fc00 [size=8]
        Region 1: I/O ports at f800 [size=4]
        Region 2: I/O ports at f400 [size=8]
        Region 3: I/O ports at f000 [size=4]
        Region 4: I/O ports at ec00 [size=16]
        Region 5: Memory at fe02f000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 40000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: sata_sil

00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3009
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
        Region 0: Memory at fe02e000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3009
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
        Region 0: Memory at fe02d000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3009
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
        Region 0: Memory at fe02c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3009
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Region 0: I/O ports at 0500 [size=16]
        Region 1: Memory at fe02b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus

00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 IDE Controller (prog-if 82 [Master PriP])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3009
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
        Region 0: I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
        Region 1: I/O ports at 03f4
        Region 2: I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
        Region 3: I/O ports at 0374
        Region 4: I/O ports at e400 [size=16]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp

00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3009
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0

00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=64
        I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
        Memory behind bridge: fdd00000-fddfffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: fdc00000-fdcfffff
        Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
                PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-

00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3009
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64 (500ns min), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 17
        Region 0: Memory at fe02a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: snd_atiixp

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
        Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
        Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
        Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
        Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Kernel driver in use: k8temp

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS480 [Radeon Xpress 200 Series] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3009
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64 (2000ns min), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Region 1: I/O ports at cc00 [size=256]
        Region 2: Memory at fdaf0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at fda00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

01:05.1 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS480 [Radeon Xpress 200 Series] (Secondary)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3008
        Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Region 0: Memory at c8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=128M]
        Region 1: Memory at fdae0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3009
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
        Region 0: Memory at fdef0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Expansion ROM at <ignored> [disabled]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: tg3


Just out of curiosity, what are you selecting for your monitor? Just the plug-n-play default?

Yes. Although I have tried manually setting a monitor once or twice just to see if it helps, at present it is set to the default plug-n-play.

Have you tried the Xorg -> ati driver, as opposed to the Vendor -> ATI -> Radeon drivers? Just wondering; I confess I'm stuck.

Maybe related to bug 8049:
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8049

Xorg -> ati driver results in the same "no screens found" error as the "4870 and later" vendor driver. It doesn't matter what monitor is set up. I don't really know what to look for with regard to bug 8049. That looks different to me.

You do not have a Radeon HD card of any kind, you have a Radeon X200/X300. This card does not support opengl which any Radeon HD XXXX does, hence those options won't work. It is really old, like almost 10 yrs old. You may be stuck with the vesa driver. I would just shell out $30 for a new card.

That sounds entirely reasonable - you're probably correct. FWIW, when I do use one of these boxes for personal work I do put a card in them. I just picked this one up because it was available and I wanted to test the mga3 RC. What I found was that the default set up for the video doesn't work. I haven't tried it but it would seem at least possible that the same would be true for a live CD or any other variation. VESA may well be the only possible way to do video on this hardware but if that is the case the installer should default to it. Seems like this hardware needs to be blacklisted for the ATI drivers or something. I don't know how many of these are still in the wild but the school distrct I work for has nearly a thousand of them. Should this be a bug report?

Yes please report this issue https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_report_a_bug_properly

edit: when filing the bug report please select Cauldron rather than 3 as we don't officially have a 3 yet

VoodooDali, it looks like I was incorrect in that the Radeon X#### chipsets do in fact support opengl, they just need an ancient catalyst drivers available here. If these don't work though, I suspect your out of luck.

According to the latest Mageia 3 Errata, under Hardware Issues, "AMD dropped support of Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000 in Catalyst"
Source: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_3_Errata

So it's either VESA, old version of Catalyst, or a new card, whichever is less painful. Best of luck either way.

Yep. This is older hardware that is no longer all that well supported. At this point the one thing I think still needs to happen is for mga to use a VESA configuration as default for these cards instead of a known to be broken ATI driver. There is a bug open which will hopefully get that done. For mga to default to a setup which doesn't (can't) work isn't very helpful. I'll mark this solved though since it is apparently a known driver problem that is the culprit.

May I request that you label the thread [BUG REPORT FILED] instead? thanks