Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (949 mails)

[Javier Llorente <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 15 August 2009 18:20:12 Daniele wrote:
> Il sabato 15 agosto 2009, Javier Llorente scrisse:
> > Hello listmates,
> >
> > I have just installed openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 5 on my laptop (Sony
> > Vaio PCG- FR215M).  Unfortunately, when it tries to start the X
> > Window System, it freezes and the num lock and scroll lock leds start
> > blinking. I have to hold the power key for a few secs to turn it off.
> >
> > I have booted up on single user mode and ran sax2 -r
> > Fatal server error: no screens found
> >
> > Moreover, Xorg.log.0 says that  (EE) No devices detected.
> >
> > My laptop has an ATI graphics card. On openSUSE 11.1, Xorg.conf had
>
> Hi, this should be a well known bug, something abount radeon and kernel
> modesetting. You need (as workaround) a boot option if I remember well..
> Serch in bugzilla/google for the right option.
> Bye.

Thanks for the hint, Daniele. That did it.
Booting up with radeon.modeset=0 makes my radeon come back to life :-))


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Javier Llorente