Bug 42690

Summary: [regression] X bails out: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so: undefined symbol: pciTag
Product: xorg Reporter: David Ronis <David.Ronis>
Component: Driver/RadeonAssignee: xf86-video-ati maintainers <xorg-driver-ati>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity: critical    
Priority: medium    
Version: git   
Hardware: x86 (IA32)   
OS: Linux (All)   
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Logfile after xf86-video-ati rebuilt/reinstalled. none

Description David Ronis 2011-11-07 20:07:14 UTC
I just finished upgrading the git/master (drm, pixman, mesa, xserver, xf86_video_ati, xf86_input_{evdev,mouse,kbd}.   The resulting Xorg bails out with the message:

symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so: undefined symbol: pciTag

There were warnings about pcitag being deprecated during the build, but they were just warnings.
Comment 1 Michel Dänzer 2011-11-08 02:31:05 UTC
Should be fixed with xf86-video-ati Git commit 89452c08048c98fb5cc3dc551b3824be40d52cf2 .

Note that this should only have happened with UMS. Is there any reason why you aren't using KMS?
Comment 2 David Ronis 2011-11-08 06:12:47 UTC
Created attachment 53294 [details]
Logfile after xf86-video-ati rebuilt/reinstalled.
Comment 3 David Ronis 2011-11-08 06:15:49 UTC
I applied the patch and rebuilt xf86-video-ati.     The missing symbol error is gone, but the server still exits.

I've attached a logfile.

As to why no KMS here:  This is an old HP Pavillion 5000 laptop and the last time I tried I ran into problems.  I'll try again.
Comment 4 David Ronis 2011-11-08 15:54:36 UTC
I'm changing the status, but will submit a separate report if asked.
Comment 5 David Ronis 2011-11-08 19:11:51 UTC
I added KMS to the kernel and restarted.   Now X starts; however, my keyboard and mouse aren't recognized.   Both are handled by evdev.    When I unplug and plug in the mouse it is recognized.   Unfortunately I can't do that with the keyboard (it's on a laptop :))
Comment 6 Michel Dänzer 2011-11-09 04:07:31 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> I'm changing the status, but will submit a separate report if asked.

Please do file a separate report for the vgaHW failure. It would be great if you could bisect which xserver change triggered that one.

(In reply to comment #5)
> [...] my keyboard and mouse aren't recognized.

That could be a configuration issue, but it's most definitely not related to the video driver.
Comment 7 David Ronis 2011-11-09 07:36:26 UTC
I don't think this should be closed just yet.   Aren't things supposed to work without KMS?

RE: the mouse/keyboard issues, I've opened a new bug as requested at

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42743
Comment 8 Michel Dänzer 2011-11-10 09:49:15 UTC
(In reply to comment #7)
> I don't think this should be closed just yet.

The undefined symbol error reported here has been fixed. The vgaHW failure is a different problem that needs to be tracked separately.

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