A quick followup on this, testing on my 2nd ATI/AMD system: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV770 [Radeon HD 4850]
In this case KMS also kicks in, but now the FOSS driver is being used it seems, all is well. On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Joost Ruis <joost.r...@sabayon.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I tested the latest amd64 MATE daily iso. > On all Intel graphics systems there was no issue, but on my AMD/ATI PC > there was. > > I had to explicitly set nomodeset on boot in order to get it running. > Without that KMS kicks in and the system freezes up. > > The system has this card: > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI > Cypress PRO [Radeon HD 5850] > > - If we are going to release the next release like this, and I guess we > are, perhaps add a note about it to the release notes. It is fairly simple > (Press F5 and check nomodeset). > > - If we are not going to release with a problem like this, what can I do > to help tackle this problem? Is there some bug in the detection tools > perhaps? > > - Also consider to not release with FGLRX preinstalled at all? > > Cheers. > > > >
