Bug 26917 (r600_blank_console) - Blank console after exiting from X
Summary: Blank console after exiting from X
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: r600_blank_console
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/Radeon (show other bugs)
Version: 7.5 (2009.10)
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: xf86-video-ati maintainers
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2010-03-05 13:53 UTC by Allin Cottrell
Modified: 2018-06-12 19:10 UTC (History)
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Attachments
Xorg log file (61.58 KB, text/plain)
2010-03-05 18:00 UTC, Allin Cottrell
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dmesg output (33.77 KB, text/plain)
2010-03-05 18:01 UTC, Allin Cottrell
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Xorg log (79.26 KB, text/plain)
2010-03-17 10:38 UTC, Allin Cottrell
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dmesg output (33.64 KB, text/plain)
2010-03-17 10:41 UTC, Allin Cottrell
no flags Details

Description Allin Cottrell 2010-03-05 13:53:10 UTC
Kernel 2.6.33; Xorg 1.7.5; drm, mesa and xf86-video-ati 
from current git; non-KMS mode. All this on a ThinkPad
T400, R600 video.

X starts fine and gives good 3D performance, but on
exit the console is blank. There's a shell there OK
and the machine responds to commands typed blind.
Ctrl-Alt-FN to console from a running X session also
gives a black screen.

I'm booting to a console using vesafb. I tried disabling
that (VGA console) and rebooting, but it didn't help,
still no visible console after X.

Seems to be a regression, since the same setup was
working fine with mesa 7.6 and earlier variants of drm
and xf86-video-ati from git; however that was also
before updating from kernel 2.6.32.8 so the 
experiment is not well controlled.
Comment 1 Alex Deucher 2010-03-05 14:01:16 UTC
Please attach your xorg log and dmesg.
Comment 2 Allin Cottrell 2010-03-05 18:00:57 UTC
Created attachment 33800 [details]
Xorg log file
Comment 3 Allin Cottrell 2010-03-05 18:01:45 UTC
Created attachment 33801 [details]
dmesg output
Comment 4 Allin Cottrell 2010-03-05 18:04:56 UTC
The Xorg log and dmesg are actually from kernel 2.6.32.9.
I booted using that to see if the results were better, but
in fact they were just the same. I can generate and attach
files from 2.6.33 if that may be useful.
Comment 5 Allin Cottrell 2010-03-17 10:35:01 UTC
Just confirming that the problem (blank console after
exiting X) is still present with Linux kernel 2.6.33.1
and drm, mesa and xf86-video-ati updated to git as of
2010-03-17. I will attach current Xorg log and dmesg.
Comment 6 Allin Cottrell 2010-03-17 10:38:25 UTC
Created attachment 34154 [details]
Xorg log
Comment 7 Allin Cottrell 2010-03-17 10:41:52 UTC
Created attachment 34155 [details]
dmesg output
Comment 8 Alex Deucher 2010-10-19 19:20:01 UTC
This shouldn't be an issue with kms.
Comment 9 Allin Cottrell 2010-10-20 06:16:18 UTC
You're right, it's OK with kms.
Comment 10 Adam Jackson 2018-06-12 19:10:23 UTC
Mass closure: This bug has been untouched for more than six years, and is not
obviously still valid. Please reopen this bug or file a new report if you continue to experience issues with current releases.


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