as in description - when radeon module is loaded, display goes into power saving/out of sync mode. the system is operating properly otherwise (i can login, run commands, issue a reboot, etc). i did not try starting X when the system was in that state. fragment of log from kernel with merged drm-next repository ( http://git.zen-sources.org/?p=zen.git;a=summary at commit 8f99495de3571ca40430a7977d616709b8816a66 ) http://pastebin.ca/1563248 dmesg log of 2.6.31 (gentoo-sources-2.6.31 - mainline with few non-gfx related patches) http://pastebin.ca/1563494 my graphics card is 05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV515 PRO [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series] 05:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV515 PRO [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series] (Secondary) first dvi port is connected to benq fp72g+d lcd monitor.
Make sure fbcon is loaded before loading radeon otherwise you will not get a console on the drm provided framebuffer.
that is correct. when i loaded fbcon after drm and before radeon modeset=1 it all worked correctly, and display came up. the problem is - my previous setup had fbcon compiled into the kernel, while drm+radeon were modules. it seems this combination does not work. i'll try building kernel with drm, fbcon and radeon built in, and see what happens.
should work we do that in Fedora kernel and it seems fine.
ok, it seems to work. i'll close this one as invalid.
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