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

[Daniel Gasser]

Hi Patrick

Thanks for your reply.
I did what you mentioned below. The results are:
Xserver works after aticonfig, if fglrx kernel module is not loaded.
Xserver doesn't work, if the kernel module is loaded. Instead, the 
system hangs completly, leaving me with a black screen, no more terminal 
access (ctrl-alt-F1) and doesn't even soft reboot (ctrl-alt-del).

The fact that the new configuration worked without the kernel module, 
gave me the idea to check whether dpfk-reconfigure xserver-xorg would 
work, if the kernel module is not loaded. The result was, that it didn't 
work. This applies to both possibilities; using the kernel framebuffer 
and not using the kernel framebuffer for graphics.

Third, i recognized, that my original xorg.conf posted yesterday had two 
spelling mistakes in the second device section. So i've deleted this 
section entirely. The X server still works with only one device section 
like this:

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "ATI Technologies Inc RV410 [Radeon X700 Pro (PCIE)]"
        Driver          "fglrx"
        BusID           "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection


That's all i know so far. Please let me know, if i can help with some 
further tests.

Regards

Daniel

Patrick Matthäi wrote:
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> Hello,
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> what happens if you do the following e.g. (as root):
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> 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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