On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 02:27:28PM +0200, David Coppa wrote: > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Bryan Chapman <br...@honeypoocakes.net> > wrote: > > > Thanks -- installing the firmware package resolved the issue. I just > > assumed that the firmware updater would grab it if needed. > > Indeed, fw_update needs to be fixed
No, that's not the iusse. fw_update does its job: it updates firmwares it's aware of. Once you disable radeondrm in the kernel, it no longer sees it. The issue is the KMS code attempting to switch modes while there's no radeon firmware around on a card where it shouldn't do that.
