For what i can see you need to install libdrm from git, then mesa, and then xorg (in that order) to get acceleration with your radeon card if it's supported by the radeon-git. I think you need to build the lastest xorg-git to make things work.
Be aware that right now, the mesa-git repository is somewhat broken, since they removed a package from the dependency list.
Other users in the Arch forum are trying to get the package xorg-server-git working but they have found some problems also. Maybe you should get in touch with them. The link is http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50873
I think they can help you better.
Anyway to answer your questions:
No. Once you installed it, it should load automatically from X.
Hmmm.. seems something is broken. Do you uninstalled the whole X system before you compilled it?? (eg. pacman -Rc xorg) If not probably there are some leftovers that are interfering... If you installed/compilled the custom packages using ABS (MAKEPKG and Co.) then you can uninstall them and try again.
AFAIK, the kernel has little to do with the mesa system. But if you are using the latest libdrm/mesa & Co. you should also use the latest xorg code to make full use of it.
Sure, you will have errors since glxinfo reports that you don't have hardware acceleration. In fact, glxinfo is showing you that mesa doesn't know what hardware you have. AIGLX only works when mesa report hardware acceleration (this is "Direct Rendering") otherwise, will fallback to software rendering.
Again, go to the link i provided and try to ask the guy that are trying to get the xorg-server-git working. Probably hin can help you better that i can.
Best regards
J.
Be aware that right now, the mesa-git repository is somewhat broken, since they removed a package from the dependency list.
Other users in the Arch forum are trying to get the package xorg-server-git working but they have found some problems also. Maybe you should get in touch with them. The link is http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50873
I think they can help you better.
Anyway to answer your questions:
Do I need to load it again?
[stephen@ephraim ~]$ glxinfo |grep version
unknown chip id 0x71c1, can't guess.
libGL warning: 3D driver returned no fbconfigs.
libGL error: InitDriver failed
libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering
server glx version string: 1.2
client glx version string: 1.4
GLX version: 1.2
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.3)
unknown chip id 0x71c1, can't guess.
libGL warning: 3D driver returned no fbconfigs.
libGL error: InitDriver failed
libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering
server glx version string: 1.2
client glx version string: 1.4
GLX version: 1.2
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.3)
xserver is still 1.4.2, do I need to update that now that I'm using the custom kernel?
I am still getting this error though:
Again, go to the link i provided and try to ask the guy that are trying to get the xorg-server-git working. Probably hin can help you better that i can.
Best regards
J.
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