[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#677954: fglrx-driver: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

[Hor Jiun Shyong]

Package: fglrx-driver
Version: 1:12-6~beta-1
Severity: important


On 06/18/2012 03:42 PM, Hor Jiun Shyong wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> I faced the same problem of blinking cursor when using the below 3 
> different drivers :
>
> fglrx-driver 1:12-6~beta-1
>
> amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run
>
> amd-driver-installer-12-3-x86.x86_64.run
>
>
>
> I then followed Issam's recommendation as below to workaround the 
> issue and got a good gdm3. But this breaks the xorg dependencies.
>
>
>
>> On 06/11/2012 06:01 AM, Issam Mehssani wrote:
>>>
>>> I believe the problem comes from an incompatibility between FGLRX 
>>> version 12-4-1 and xorg 1.12.
>>> I've had the same symptoms and solved it by downgrading xorg to 
>>> 1.11.4-1. Make sure to downgrade the input packages too.
>
>>
>> Thanks for the feedback. Will try out and feedback the result.
>>
>>
>> Hi Issam,
>>
>> I have downgraded core xorg files to 1.11.4-1 and xorg input files to 
>> lower versions matching the 1.11.4-1 release dates.
>>
>> xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.11.4-1_amd64.deb
>> xserver-common_2%3a1.11.4-1_all.deb
>> xserver-xorg-dev_2%3a1.11.4-1_amd64.deb
>>
>> xorg_1%3a7.6+12_amd64.deb
>> xorg-dev_1%3a7.6+12_all.deb
>> xserver-xorg_1%3a7.6+12_amd64.deb
>>
>> xserver-xorg-input-all_1%3a7.6+12_amd64.deb
>> xserver-xorg-input-evdev_1%3a2.7.0-1_amd64.deb
>> xserver-xorg-input-synaptics_1.5.99.901-1_amd64.deb
>> xserver-xorg-input-wacom_0.12.0-1_amd64.deb
>>
>>
>> This is followed with a install of 
>> amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run . Success: got my my gdm3 in 
>> standard mode.
>>
>> Thanks again. 
>


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