Bug#541630: ATI Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF doesn't start with linux-image-2.6.30-1-686
2009/8/16 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>:
> On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 04:03 +0200, advocatux wrote:
>> 2009/8/16 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>:
>> [...]
>> > I have put a new version of the module up in the same location. Please
>> > try again with this version.
>>
>> Unfortunatley it doesn't work either (unless I'm doing something wrong).
>
> It's not supposed to work - the point was to test that the modified
> driver will not crash or hang if firmware is missing.
>
Ah, of course, because there isn't any driver.
>> At first attempt that's what kern.log says:
>>
>>[...]
>>
>
> This looks like the driver now behaves as intended. Did the X server
> restart successfully?
>
No, it didn't.
>> [...]
>>
>> At second attempt, I rebooted the machine and tried again, but this
>> time with the module loaded already and it fails once more:
>>
>> [...]
>
> This is expected - after a reboot you are loading the old unfixed
> module.
>
That's right, but I've been playing in another testing PC, putting
your new r128 module in
/lib/modules/2.6.30-1-686/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/r128/ (to avoid the
old one) and doesn't work either.
Regards
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