[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#513222: Bug#513222: fglrx: kernel-module crashes system

[Patrick Matthäi]

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Hello,

what happens if you do the following e.g. (as root):

mv /etc/X11/xorg.comf /etc/X11/xorg.comf.backup
rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
touch /etc/X11/xorg.conf
aticonfig --initial --force

Daniel Gasser schrieb:
> Package: fglrx-source
> Version: 1:8-12-4
> Followup-For: Bug #513222
> 
> If the kernel-module is loaded, the x-server doesn't start up.
> lspci shows this devices on my system:
> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV410 [Radeon 
> X700 Pro (PCIE)]
> 02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV410 [Radeon X700 Pro 
> (PCIE)] (Secondary)
> 
> startx gives this messages:
> WW no device for ID 02:00.1 found 
> EE no device found (lines remembered by heart, no exact report)
> 
> This even happens, if the ati driver is chosen in xorg.conf
> To start xorg, i had to uninstall the kernel module and to set two 
> device sections like this:
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier      "ATI Technologies Inc RV410 [Radeon X700 Pro 
> (PCIE)]"
>         Driver          "fglrx"
>         BusID           "PCI:2:0:0"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier      "Radeon X700
>         driver          "fglrx"
>         BusID           "PCO:2:0:1"
> EndSection
> 
> Now the x-server works with indirect 3D rendering.
> 
> With the older fglrx kernel module (downloaded in November, cannot 
> remember the exact version), the module worked on the same system with 
> hardware 3D rendering.
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 5.0
>   APT prefers stable
>   APT policy: (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-xen-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=de_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> 
> Versions of packages fglrx-source depends on:
> ii  bzip2                         1.0.5-1    high-quality block-sorting file co
> ii  debhelper                     7.0.15     helper programs for debian/rules
> ii  make                          3.81-5     The GNU version of the "make" util
> 
> Versions of packages fglrx-source recommends:
> ii  kernel-package                11.015     A utility for building Linux kerne
> ii  module-assistant              0.10.11.0  tool to make module package creati
> 
> Versions of packages fglrx-source suggests:
> ii  fglrx-driver                  1:8-12-4   non-free AMD/ATI r5xx, r6xx, r7xx 
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 
> 
> 
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