Bug 27000

Summary: Blank screen with 2.6.33 after firmware loaded
Product: xorg Reporter: mehmet.giritli
Component: Driver/RadeonAssignee: xf86-video-ati maintainers <xorg-driver-ati>
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG QA Contact: Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity: normal    
Priority: medium    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
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Description mehmet.giritli 2010-03-10 13:23:46 UTC
Created attachment 33925 [details]
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Hi,

I recently switched to 2.6.33 sources and tried using kms with new driver version 2.6.15. The card is Asus Radeon 4350, 1GB memory.

First, I didn't know about the new firmware loading stuff so in my first try I got an error about the firmware being missing and it gave me a certain duration of delay at boot time.

I thought this was due to the missing firmware. So I did everything necessary regarding the firmware files and retried. The delay is gone and the kms starts okay as well but when X starts, I get a black screen. The computer does not lock up or anything. I can login from the network and everything seems ok -except that the screen is black!

Without the firmware, everything is fine except the delay I get at boot.

Attaching dmesg and X log files...
Comment 1 mehmet.giritli 2010-03-10 13:25:38 UTC
Created attachment 33926 [details]
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Comment 2 Alex Deucher 2010-03-10 13:40:53 UTC
Your ddx (xf86-video-ati) is too old to support kms.  You need 6.12.191 (soon to be 6.13.0) or git master.  Either upgrade your ddx or load the radeon drm without ks support: radeon.modeset=0

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