Forwarding this bug from Ubuntu reporter Markus: http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/392531 [Problem] Black screen with artifacts/corrupted mouse pointer after boot on R580 [Original Description] When booting from the install CD, a black screen with artifacts is shown after the startup progress bar (when Gnome or GDM should be displayed). The mouse cursor is movable but garbled. Switching to terminal with Ctrl + Alt + F1 is not possible. Starting with the vesa driver (Save graphics mode on install CD) works fine. I installed with safe graphics mode but when I revert to the Radeon driver (by deleting /etc/X11/xorg.conf) the same problem arises. I have a Sapphire Radeon X1900 GT graphics card (with a R580 chip). The problem was also in Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04. I downloaded the newest (14.07.2009) Karmic iso with kernel 2.6.30-8 but I still get a black screen when booting from the CD. After I installed with save graphics mode and removed xorg.conf I again get a black screen with a garbled mouse pointer. After doing a dist-upgrade (kernel 2.6.31-2) I tested with the options Option "DRI" "off" Option "NoAccel" "true" Option "AccelMethod" "XAA" but they had the same effect as above. Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jun 26 14:51:13 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 MachineType: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD MS-7238 Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.12.2-2ubuntu2 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-10-generic root=UUID=135860d2-32aa-487e-a08e-1805abb0e48a ro single ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user)ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-10.12-generic RelatedPackageVersions: xserver-xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu21 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.4.1-1ubuntu6 libdrm2 2.4.11-0ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.7.99.1+git20090602.ec2fde7c-0ubuntu2 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.2-2ubuntu2 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati Uname: Linux 2.6.30-10-generic x86_64 XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' Xrandr: Error: command ['xrandr', '--verbose'] failed with exit code 1: Can't open display dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V1.8 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: MS-7238 dmi.board.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV1.8:bd12/01/2007:svnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:pnMS-7238:pvr1.0:rvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:rnMS-7238:rvr1.0:cvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:ct3:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: MS-7238 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD glxinfo: Error: command ['glxinfo'] failed with exit code 255: Error: unable to open display setxkbmap: Error: command ['setxkbmap', '-print'] failed with exit code 255: Cannot open display "default display" system: architecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.30-10-generic xdpyinfo: Error: command ['xdpyinfo'] failed with exit code 1: xdpyinfo: unable to open display "". xkbcomp: Error: command ['xkbcomp', ':0', '-w0', '-'] failed with exit code 1: Error: Cannot open display ":0" Exiting
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I can confirm the bug here, I have also an ATI X1900GT, from Sapphire. I've been receiving this from multiples distributions so it's not a specific bug of Ubuntu.
The problem seems to be resolved in Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 2 with kernel 2.6.32, X.org 7.5 with X-Server 1.7. I boots and instals normally, compiz is working as well.
(In reply to comment #8) > I can confirm the bug here, I have also an ATI X1900GT, from Sapphire. I've > been receiving this from multiples distributions so it's not a specific bug of > Ubuntu. I can confirm the same bug with a fully updated (as of yesterday) Arch installation running KDE. The vesa driver works as expected, but the radeon driver gives a black screen with artifacts. I have a Sapphire X1900 as well. Adding the following to the "Device" section in xorg.conf gives a semi-usable desktop with windows that don't redraw properly: Option "DRI" "off" Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"
(In reply to comment #10) > (In reply to comment #8) > > I can confirm the bug here, I have also an ATI X1900GT, from Sapphire. I've > > been receiving this from multiples distributions so it's not a specific bug of > > Ubuntu. > > I can confirm the same bug with a fully updated (as of yesterday) Arch > installation running KDE. The vesa driver works as expected, but the radeon > driver gives a black screen with artifacts. I have a Sapphire X1900 as well. > Adding the following to the "Device" section in xorg.conf gives a semi-usable > desktop with windows that don't redraw properly: > > Option "DRI" "off" > Option "AccelMethod" "XAA" After a recent system update (April 17), this bug appears to be fixed on my system. I'm not sure exactly what fixed the problem, but the following (pacman) packages (along with others) were updated: ati-dri xf86-video-ati
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