Mailinglist Archive: radeonhd (212 mails)

[GS Hunt <garyhunt@xxxxxxxx>]

David C. Rankin wrote:
> 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:

Hmm,

David,

Could you cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep idle


That's what mine used to do. The same kind of behaviour happens when the
MC is not idle.

If it shows nothing, include your whole Xorg.log.


Gary


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