Bug 22797 - [M26 Mobility X700] Black screen when Xorg starts.
Summary: [M26 Mobility X700] Black screen when Xorg starts.
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/Radeon (show other bugs)
Version: 7.2 (2007.02)
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: xf86-video-ati maintainers
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2009-07-16 07:41 UTC by David Keller
Modified: 2009-07-16 10:40 UTC (History)
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Attachments
xorg.conf without RX400ATOM enabled (1.13 KB, application/octet-stream)
2009-07-16 07:41 UTC, David Keller
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Xorg.log of xorg.conf without R4XXATOM (23.57 KB, text/plain)
2009-07-16 07:42 UTC, David Keller
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xorg.conf with RX400ATOM enabled (1.13 KB, application/octet-stream)
2009-07-16 07:42 UTC, David Keller
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Xorg.log of xorg.conf with R4XXATOM (23.95 KB, text/plain)
2009-07-16 07:43 UTC, David Keller
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Xorg.log with verbose mode (24.29 KB, text/plain)
2009-07-16 09:53 UTC, David Keller
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Description David Keller 2009-07-16 07:41:14 UTC
Hi.

Using 6.12.1 xf86-video-ati on a 1.5.3 xorg-server.

When Xorg starts, the screen becomes dark. Moreover it is still dark after a VT switch, although the system is alive (ssh works).

Trying to switch the backlight using keyboard is'nt working.

Then i connected another screen on the VGA-0 output, without sucess: the two screens remain black (even with Enable set to true in corresponding Monitor sections).
Comment 1 David Keller 2009-07-16 07:41:56 UTC
Created attachment 27762 [details]
xorg.conf without RX400ATOM enabled
Comment 2 David Keller 2009-07-16 07:42:34 UTC
Created attachment 27763 [details]
Xorg.log of xorg.conf without R4XXATOM
Comment 3 David Keller 2009-07-16 07:42:53 UTC
Created attachment 27764 [details]
xorg.conf with RX400ATOM enabled
Comment 4 David Keller 2009-07-16 07:43:17 UTC
Created attachment 27765 [details]
Xorg.log of xorg.conf with R4XXATOM
Comment 5 David Keller 2009-07-16 07:47:25 UTC
Corrected target version 7.1 -> 7.2.
Comment 6 Alex Deucher 2009-07-16 08:32:55 UTC
this is probably a dupe of bug 22755.  Do the patches there help?
Comment 7 David Keller 2009-07-16 08:55:35 UTC
No, same behaviour: the screens goes black and force me to reboot.

By the way, the kernel is the 2.6.29.
Comment 8 Alex Deucher 2009-07-16 08:58:40 UTC
Did this used to work with an older version of the driver?  If so which one?
Comment 9 David Keller 2009-07-16 09:07:43 UTC
I was running on fglrx so far.

Anyway, one year ago, when giving a shot to the xorg driver, I experimented the same error.

In the Xorg.log, I can see the LVDS is disabled ("Output LCD1 disable success") after calling  RADEONScreenInit, and is never enabled again.
Comment 10 David Keller 2009-07-16 09:53:38 UTC
Created attachment 27770 [details]
Xorg.log with verbose mode

Running with video-ati from git trunk + verbose enabled, I noticed that RadeonScreenInit doesn't seems to complete.

radeon.c:3544 

xf86DrvMsgVerb(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO, RADEON_LOGLEVEL_DEBUG,
                    "Initializing fb layer\n");

is never printed in the Xorg.0.log.
Comment 11 Michel Dänzer 2009-07-16 10:12:16 UTC
All log files have

(II) RADEON(0): DRIScreenInit for fglrx driver

so some X server components are still left from fglrx. You'll have to get rid of those to be able to use other drivers.
Comment 12 David Keller 2009-07-16 10:24:23 UTC
Ouch !

Do you have an idea of the identity of theses components ? I am lost.

I use Xorg OpenGl.
fglrx kernel module isn't loaded.

Currently, I am recompiling xorg-server with only ati & vesa video card drivers to be sure.
Comment 13 David Keller 2009-07-16 10:40:43 UTC
You rock ! Recompiling did the trick (shame on me).

Thank you very much Alex & Michel :)


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