Bug 49322

Summary: No picture on display connected via Displayport adaptor to HD 7870
Product: DRI Reporter: Brian Schott <briancschott>
Component: DRM/RadeonAssignee: Default DRI bug account <dri-devel>
Status: RESOLVED MOVED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: medium    
Version: XOrg git   
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)   
OS: Linux (All)   
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Description Brian Schott 2012-04-30 22:54:20 UTC
Created attachment 60820 [details]
dmesg output

Radeon HD 7870
mesa 8.0.2
Kernel 3.4-rc5
X.Org X Server 1.12.0
xf86-video-modesetting 0.2.0

* Monitor is a DVI monitor connected to an active mini-displayport to DVI adaptor.
* Output to all three screens functions in Windows.
* dmesg output and xrandr output are able to see the display and print out the correct supported resolutions
* HDMI and DVI output are functioning correctly on the card.
* Using xrandr I'm able to get the X server to think that the display is present and functioning. (I can place windows and the cursor on the screen)
* The display is in power-saving mode from the moment that the framebuffer console initializes. I'm not able to get any image on it.
Comment 1 Brian Schott 2012-05-11 21:27:21 UTC
I got tired of only being able to use ⅔ of my monitors, so I tried using the integrated graphics (Intel hd4000 / ivy bridge) to power them. (Motherboard has VGA, DVI, HDMI and full-size Displayport).

The odd thing I discovered is that the same monitor continues to not work. I've eliminated the possibility of it being the DVI cable as I've tried two of them. It's not the adaptor because the motherboard takes a full-size Displayport adaptor and the HD7870 takes a mini-displayport.

Is there some code that is shared between the intel and radeon mode setting drivers?
Comment 2 Alex Deucher 2012-05-12 04:56:36 UTC
Does the monitor come up at all?  E.g., is the bios able to light it up at boot on either card?
Comment 3 Brian Schott 2012-05-12 08:58:59 UTC
Yes. The system dual-boots Windows. During boot the first kernel messages show up on both the HDMI monitor and the Displayport monitor, nothing on the DVI. As soon as KMS kicks in, there's the expected 1920x1080 on the DVI and the HDMI, but the Displayport goes black.
Comment 4 Brian Schott 2012-06-04 23:15:11 UTC
Still present in kernel 3.5-rc1
Comment 5 Kat 2015-01-13 22:16:06 UTC
Still present in kernels 
3.19.0-031900rc4
3.13.0-44
3.13.0-43
3.13.0-30
3.13.0-29

Also happens with just the DVI-D connector as well. Black screen only way out is with ALT+SysReq+REISUB

You can't even switch to TTY1-6 with CTRL+ALT+F1-F6
Comment 6 Martin Peres 2019-11-19 08:26:32 UTC
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