[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#513179: Bug#513179: fglrx-driver: DRI init fails with stock 2.6.26-1-amd64 kernel

[Ryan Cartwright]

Patrick Matthäi wrote:
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> severity #513179 important
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> Ryan Cartwright schrieb:
>> Package: fglrx-driver
>> Version: 1:8-12-4
>> Severity: grave
>> Justification: renders package unusable
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>> Hi,
>>
>> this is similar to #464667 but I am using the stock Debian 2.6.26-1-amd64 kernel. DRI init fails and the screen is corrupted when X starts. The screen appears to lock and pressing CTRL-ALT-F1 (for a terminal) reboots the machine. This is running on an HP 6735s laptop and everything worked prior to 8-12-4.
>>
>> Xorg log file attached.
>>
>> My Googling found this thread on the phoronix forums:
>> http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showpost.php?p=57969
>>
>> which seemed to suggest the issue was connected to CONFIG_PCI_LEGACY being enabled in the kernel. To eliminate this I compiled my own kernel with that disabled (it's enabled in the default kernel) but the new kernel bugs out on this machine. I guess another piece of hardware needs the legacy PCI stuff.
>>
>> Anyway AFAICS the 8-12-4 driver does not work with the standard amd64 2.6.26 kernel but I am open to ideas.
>>
>> thanks
>> Ryan
>>
>> -- System Information:
>> Debian Release: 5.0
>>   APT prefers testing
>>   APT policy: (500, 'testing')
>> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>>
>> Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
>> Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
>> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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> 
> Hello,
> 
> no it is working with the Lenny amd64 Kernel, I also have two machines
> with the same constelation.
> 
> Which card are you using? Which kernel module is loaded?
> What says dmesg, modinfo fglrx and dpkg -l|grep fglrx?
> 
> Anyway this is not a RC bug, if just 3D accerlation does not work, so on
> I am downgrading first.

Okay with the downgrading - especially if it works for some.

This is an onboard chip on a laptop...

:/# lspci
...
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN
[Radeon HD 3200 Graphics]
...

:/# dpkg -l|grep fglrx
ii  fglrx-atieventsd                     1:8-12-4   external events
daemon for the non-free AMD/
rc  fglrx-control                        1:8-12-4
control panel for the non-free AMD/ATI r5xx,
ii  fglrx-driver                         1:8-12-4
non-free AMD/ATI r5xx, r6xx, r7xx display dr
ii  fglrx-glx                            1:8-12-4
proprietary libGL for the non-free AMD/ATI r
ii  fglrx-glx-ia32                       1:8-12-4
proprietary libGL for the non-free AMD/ATI r
rc  fglrx-kernel-2.6.26-1-amd64          1:8-7-3+2.6.26-10          ATI
binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.26-1-
ii  fglrx-kernel-src                     1:8-12-4
kernel module source for the non-free AMD/AT
ii  fglrx-source                         1:8-12-4
kernel module source for the non-free AMD/AT

My machine locks up if I enable the fglrx-driver so I can't give you the 
response of modinfo.

hope this helps
Ryan