On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 09:23:22PM +1100, Owen Riddy wrote: > Package: linux-2.6 > Version: 2.6.37-1 > Severity: important > File: linux > > > I have a Radeon 3450 grampics card (AMD/ATI) and lived on Squeeze until the > recent release. The card was well supported by the new Open Source graphics > driver (radeon). > Whenever I compiled a newer vanilla kernel KMS didn't work (starting with > 2.6.33, I belive. It was a while ago) and X wouldn't load. Every so often I > tried a different kernel, and the problem remained. On X, the system would > completely hang (including access to virtual terminals). I assumed a > mis-configured kernel and gave up. > > This debian kernel image seems to have the same problem. After upgrading, I > get a suspicious 180 second pause when the kernel "populates /dev", which I > now attribute to a bug, possibly in the firmware loading code. I'm getting an > error message about modprobe blocking (in dmesg). > > To be sure I havn't tainted the configuration, I installed the Squeeze > release base system, upgraded to wheezy, rebooted to test KMS (virtual > terminal screen resolution was large, suggesting it worked), upgraded to > unstable and rebooed, at which point I get the 180 second hang and modrpboe > errors, as well as a rather low resolution VT. > > This renders X unusable. Does this report go here, or upstream? >
please report upstream on http://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/ and let us know the bug nr for tracking progress. thank you. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110218113033.ga3...@vostochny.stro.at
