Bug#269953: blank display upon loading radeonfb - 9600XT too

["Jonathan Lucas" <jpl@lucas.homelinux.org>]

OK, I've had a look at this bug report. It might be the same, it might
not. 268352 reports that radeonfb has never worked in 2.6.x. 269953 says
it worked up to 2.6.5 inclusive (I can still prove that it works in 2.6.5,
as I've kept the package as a fallback.)
Also, I remember in the kernel meailing list from about 6 months ago,
there was much discussion about a radeonfb problem:
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0402.1/1693.html

Could this be related? Is it possible that a patch has been dropped
somewhere?
cheers,

Jonathan

"It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you
are an exceptionally good liar"   Jerome K. Jerome


Francesco P. Lovergine said:
> merge 269953 268352
> thanks
>
> This is the same regression already reported.
>
> On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 06:45:54PM -0400, Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
>>
>> After loading radeonfb, the text on the console becomes invisible. The
>> cursor is still visible, and X still works.  Unloading radeonfb does
>> not correct the problem.  For what it's worth, my motherboard is an
>> Asus A7V266 with a 1.4 GHz Athlon (not Athlon XP).
>
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> Francesco P. Lovergine