[SOLVED] Squeeze, Radeon HD 6310, black screen on Resume

2011-12-10 Thread Jeff Gordon 
On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 04:15:30AM -0500, Jeff Gordon wrote:
> Hi, Folks --
> 
> I'm installing Squeeze on an Acer Aspire 5250 with Radeon HD 6310 as a
> Christmas gift for my sister.  All went well during install but I get
> nothing but a black screen on Resume from Suspend.  Even Power Off and
> Power On again doesn't clear it -- I've had to remove the battery each
> time to get back to 'normal'.  The kernel is 2.6.32-5-amd64.
> 
> I've searched the 'Net extensively on this and tried a variety of tips
> but nothing so far has worked -- have set 'radeon modeset=0' as advised
> by one person, for example, but nothing seemed to change.  I expect there
> might be a specific 'quirk' that could be set for this card but I haven't
> yet found any info that seems applicable.
> 
> I gather this problem is fixed in the 2.6.35 kernel but haven't found one 
> at Debian, and don't want to move all the way up to the 3.1 kernel.

Having encountered additional problems with Debian on this laptop, I "bit the
bullet" and went ahead with an upgrade to Wheezy.  The path to that wasn't
entirely smooth -- the first thing that happened was a completely scrambled
image, both console and desktop, with the 3.1 kernel.  It was fortunate
I still had the 2.32 kernel installed -- but the point is, after successfully 
upgrading, and _then_ installing firmware-linux-nonfree, Resume after 
Sleep/Suspend is now working the way it ought to. :-)

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Re: Squeeze, Radeon HD 6310, black screen on Resume

2011-12-05 Thread Arnt Karlsen 
On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 04:15:30 -0500, Jeff wrote in message 
<20111205091530.gk2...@saphira.wellnow.com>:

> Hi, Folks --
> 
> I'm installing Squeeze on an Acer Aspire 5250 with Radeon HD 6310 as a
> Christmas gift for my sister.  All went well during install but I get
> nothing but a black screen on Resume from Suspend.  Even Power Off and
> Power On again doesn't clear it -- I've had to remove the battery each
> time to get back to 'normal'.  The kernel is 2.6.32-5-amd64.
> 
> I've searched the 'Net extensively on this and tried a variety of tips
> but nothing so far has worked -- have set 'radeon modeset=0' as
> advised by one person, for example, but nothing seemed to change.  I
> expect there might be a specific 'quirk' that could be set for this
> card but I haven't yet found any info that seems applicable.
> 
> I gather this problem is fixed in the 2.6.35 kernel but haven't found
> one at Debian, and don't want to move all the way up to the 3.1
> kernel.
> 
> I'd be grateful for additional tips or for advice on a 'quirk' or for
> a pointer to a suitable 2.6.35+ kernel.
> 
> Thanks very much,
> 

..it works ok with Sid?  I suspect your gift's graphics 
is "too new" for Squeeze.  Maybe with backports?


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Squeeze, Radeon HD 6310, black screen on Resume

2011-12-05 Thread Jeff Gordon 
Hi, Folks --

I'm installing Squeeze on an Acer Aspire 5250 with Radeon HD 6310 as a
Christmas gift for my sister.  All went well during install but I get
nothing but a black screen on Resume from Suspend.  Even Power Off and
Power On again doesn't clear it -- I've had to remove the battery each
time to get back to 'normal'.  The kernel is 2.6.32-5-amd64.

I've searched the 'Net extensively on this and tried a variety of tips
but nothing so far has worked -- have set 'radeon modeset=0' as advised
by one person, for example, but nothing seemed to change.  I expect there
might be a specific 'quirk' that could be set for this card but I haven't
yet found any info that seems applicable.

I gather this problem is fixed in the 2.6.35 kernel but haven't found one 
at Debian, and don't want to move all the way up to the 3.1 kernel.

I'd be grateful for additional tips or for advice on a 'quirk' or for a
pointer to a suitable 2.6.35+ kernel.

Thanks very much,

-- 

 -- Jeff --   

 "There's nothing left in the world to prove.  All that's worth doing
  is to love one another, using whatever means are available to serve."


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