Re: Radeon KMS doesn't work.

From: Wakko Warner
Date: Sun Jul 04 2010 - 19:19:39 EST


Wakko Warner wrote:
> I have a Dell Inspiron 5100 with an ATI Radeon Mobility M7 (7500 R100
> PCI ID 1002:4c57 sub 1028:0149).
>
> Immediately when radeon.ko is loaded, the screen goes blank (The backlight
> stays on). I have fbcon compiled into the kernel (I also tried as module).
> I am unable to get the screen to work again until I reboot. The logs did
> not appear to have any errors after the module loaded. The system was still
> responsive on the network.
>
> I tried kernels 2.6.33 and 2.6.34.
>
> I can provide kernel output if needed.

I need to add that if I use modeset=0, the screen does not blank.

Also 2.6.34 (with modeset=0) doesn't do 3D very well on this system. Some
objects look ok, some are garbled, some do not appear at all. The gears
from xscreensaver does not show up at all.

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