Bug 43248 - Starting teeworlds results in black screen
Summary: Starting teeworlds results in black screen
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: DRI
Classification: Unclassified
Component: DRM/Radeon (show other bugs)
Version: XOrg git
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: high normal
Assignee: Default DRI bug account
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Reported: 2011-11-25 12:23 UTC by Sandeep
Modified: 2014-02-18 00:43 UTC (History)
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Attachments
dmesg output (75.75 KB, patch)
2011-11-25 12:23 UTC, Sandeep
no flags Details | Splinter Review
output of lspci (2.12 KB, text/plain)
2011-11-25 12:23 UTC, Sandeep
no flags Details

Description Sandeep 2011-11-25 12:23:06 UTC
Created attachment 53856 [details] [review]
dmesg output

Hardware:
Asus K53TA laptop. AMD A6-3400M with integrated Radeon HD6520G and discrete Radeon HD6650M. Display is through 6520G.

Software:
Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit with kernel 3.2-rc1 and xorg-edgers ppa.

When I start teeworlds, the screen goes blank (the display seems to be switched off). However I am able to switch to command line using Ctrl + Alt + F1 and running:

sudo service gdm start 

and 

sudo service gdm stop

restarts Gnome for me.

dmesg shows some errors with atombios.
Comment 1 Sandeep 2011-11-25 12:23:37 UTC
Created attachment 53857 [details]
output of lspci
Comment 2 Sandeep 2011-11-25 16:02:45 UTC
This happens for OpenArena as well.

Trine on the other hand works properly (on low detail)
Comment 3 BDM 2012-12-02 20:34:28 UTC
I'm having the same problem with the same dmesg output with the same chipset HD6520 for any game that sets true full screen graphics mode on Ubuntu 12.10. If I use a game, like Titanion, that can be closed by simple keystrokes, I can manage to escape the black screen and get back to my normal desktop. 

Also perhaps unrelated, setting to a lower resolution desktop mode 800x600, or lower seems to set an incorrect mode that garbles the screen. That too I can escape if I have an xrandr ready to enable me to do so. 

Here's uname -a

Linux falcon 3.5.0-17-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 9 19:31:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Relevant part of dmesg
[  681.224351] [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting
[  681.224364] [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing E2F6 (len 2585, WS 4, PS 4) @ 0xE9E0
[  681.259083] [drm:radeon_dp_link_train_cr] *ERROR* clock recovery reached max voltage
[  681.259095] [drm:radeon_dp_link_train_cr] *ERROR* clock recovery failed

I think the driver is partially broken for this chipset.
Comment 4 Sandeep 2014-02-18 00:43:59 UTC
Works properly now. Currently using Linux 3.14.rc2 and Mesa 10.0.3 on 64 bit Arch Linux


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