[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#546781: Bug#546781: fglrx-driver: With kernel module, displays blank screen

[Patrick Matthäi]

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Daniel Schepler schrieb:
> Package: fglrx-driver
> Version: 1:9-9-1
> Severity: important
> 
> After upgrading to the latest fglrx-driver and compiling the kernel module
> using module-assistant, the driver doesn't work on my hardware.  The log in
> /var/log/kdm.log doesn't give any useful information.  I can't switch to a
> text terminal either, so I have to use the SysRq stuff to reboot into
> administration mode.
> 
> Without the kernel module installed, I get another problem: the server starts
> up at 1152x864 resolution.  But xrandr lists the proper 1440x900 resolution
> and "xrandr -s 1440x900" switches to that resolution with no problem.
> 
> My display hardware is:
> 
> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics]
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: squeeze/sid
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> 
> Versions of packages fglrx-driver depends on:
> ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]      1.5.27        Debian configuration management sy
> ii  fglrx-glx                  1:9-9-1       proprietary libGL for the non-free
> ii  laptop-detect              0.13.7+pb1    attempt to detect a laptop
> ii  libc6                      2.9-26+pb1    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> ii  libdrm2                    2.4.13-1+pb1  Userspace interface to kernel DRM 
> ii  libgcc1                    1:4.4.1-4+pb1 GCC support library
> ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]   7.5.1-1+pb1   A free implementation of the OpenG
> ii  libx11-6                   2:1.2.2-1+pb1 X11 client-side library
> ii  libxext6                   2:1.0.4-1+pb1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
> ii  libxinerama1               2:1.0.3-2+pb1 X11 Xinerama extension library
> ii  libxrandr2                 2:1.3.0-2+pb1 X11 RandR extension library
> ii  libxrender1                1:0.9.4-2+pb1 X Rendering Extension client libra
> ii  xserver-xorg               1:7.4+4+pb1   the X.Org X server
> 
> Versions of packages fglrx-driver recommends:
> ii  fglrx-atieventsd              1:9-9-1    external events daemon for the non
> ii  fglrx-glx                     1:9-9-1    proprietary libGL for the non-free
> ii  fglrx-glx-ia32                1:9-9-1    proprietary libGL for the non-free
> ii  fglrx-source                  1:9-9-1    kernel module source for the non-f
> 
> Versions of packages fglrx-driver suggests:
> ii  fglrx-control                 1:9-9-1    control panel for the non-free AMD
> 
> -- debconf information:
>   fglrx-driver/acpi_switch: false


What says dmesg after starting and what happens if you start it with startx?

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Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards,
 Patrick Matthäi
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        patrick at linux-dev.org

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