Bug 23623 - Can't switch to tty - screen goes white/gray/stripy Xpress 200M
Summary: Can't switch to tty - screen goes white/gray/stripy Xpress 200M
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/Radeon (show other bugs)
Version: 7.4 (2008.09)
Hardware: Other All
: medium normal
Assignee: xf86-video-ati maintainers
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2009-09-01 04:49 UTC by BeteNoire
Modified: 2010-10-19 21:29 UTC (History)
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Description BeteNoire 2009-09-01 04:49:20 UTC 
I have current Gentoo with such software version installed:
xorg-server is 1.6.3.901
kernel is 2.6.30
x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati is 6.12.2-r1

Since I am using open source radeon driver I can't switch to terminal from X.
When I press ctrl+alt+f1 tty doesn't appear, but screen goes bright with some very thin, one pixel, colorful or gray strips, sometimes vertical, sometimes horizontal.
I am able to go back to X by alt+f7.

I don't use any framebuffer for now, but would be great to have bigger, readable resolution on tty.

Any tips how to fix it would be appreciated.
Comment 1 Alex Deucher 2009-09-01 10:57:20 UTC 
KMS should work better in this regard.
Comment 2 BeteNoire 2009-10-14 11:29:39 UTC 
No, it doesn't work. In fact it works even worse. Screen goes white just after I click enter in bootloader.

Now I'm testing git version - effect is the same, so please, anyone could help?
Comment 3 Alex Deucher 2010-10-19 17:47:36 UTC 
Is this any better with a newer kernel or driver?
Comment 4 BeteNoire 2010-10-19 21:28:01 UTC 
I am not using that laptop anymore.
Comment 5 Alex Deucher 2010-10-19 21:29:06 UTC 
closing.

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