Re: Radeon KMS r100 and STR problems

From: Wakko Warner
Date: Fri Sep 17 2010 - 16:24:39 EST


Richard Mittendorfer wrote:
> Radeon KMS and STR on a X32
>
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY
> 01:00.0 0300: 1002:4c59
> 2.6.36-rc4, Debian Squeeze

> Most of the time: Backlight comes on, screen remains black, box hangs,
> networking in isn't possible (likely due to NM), but also SysRq
> doesn't do. Hardly ever: Vertical lines, messed up screen, but text (as
> well as mouse movement when switching to Xorg) "is there". One out of
> ~10 tries I saw this when suspending at the console (echo mem>/s/p/state).
> Rebooting blindly was possible then and the logger was able to capture the
> messages below.

I'd like to add that I've a similar problem with a Mobility M7 with any
kernel with radeon KMS. One difference is that only the screen is hosed. I
am still able to use the keyboard and I can connect to it over the network.

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