Mailinglist Archive: radeonhd (212 mails)

["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 05 August 2009 05:32:01 am Matthias Hopf wrote:
> On Aug 04, 09 22:43:18 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
> > [19:18 alchemy:/mnt] # uname -a
> > Linux alchemy 2.6.30-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 31 07:30:28 CEST 2009 
> > x86_64 AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
> >
> >     With the build of the new driver, X tries to start and locks up with a 
> > black screen. The Xorg.0.log says:
>
> Did you update X recently? The try 'X -retro', X starts with a black
> screen nowadays.
>
> Matthias

Matthias,

        That's not the problem. Just reinstalling the latest standard radeonhd 
release, fixes the problem. The issue is the recent changes to the driver in 
the git repository. For the RS690M card, the recent changes to the driver 
simply cause X to blackscreen and lock when you attempt to start kdm. This 
behavior began with the git pull I did on July 25, 2009. Before that, the build 
of radeonhd worked fine. Right now I'm running on:

[12:14 alchemy:/home/david] # pmq | grep radeonhd
xf86-video-radeonhd 1.2.5-1

and everything is working fine.

        When I say "blackscreen" I mean the laptop display looks like it is 
unpowered or unitialized. No slight light-gray backlight you expect from the 
initial "blank" screen on X start. With the changes to the driver, the screen 
looks like it is unpowered and off. I'll post my build logs so you can look to 
see if they hold a clue:



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