on the 15th of September 2010, 15:09:09, maximilian attems wrote : > > > [...] > > > > > > there is no valid point to load it in initramfs, just don't do it. > > > > I didn't change anything in that purpose. > > please post the following file: > cat /etc/initramfs-tools/modules It is actually empty (or more exactly completely commented) : % cat /etc/initramfs-tools/modules [17:15] # List of modules that you want to include in your initramfs. # # Syntax: module_name [args ...] # # You must run update-initramfs(8) to effect this change. # # Examples: # # raid1 # sd_mod > > It is seems that with Kernel Mode Settings, the radeon driver must be > > loaded for the framebuffer console to be activated and that it has to be > > done before X is started in order not to get a broken X. > > I'm no expert in that regard, but it seems to be the default debian > > bahavior anyway, so if you really think that's not a "initramfs-utils" > > bug maybe you can reassign it to the radeon maintainer. > > what are you talking about? > the radeon linux-2.6 module should not be loaded in initramfs > unless you know what you are doing, empty your > /etc/initramfs-tools/modules if it is in there and regenerate > update-initramfs. > > currently you have brought zero evidence of a bug, > even the dmesg snippet just looks fine. In that case, it might just be an error from my part. I am trying to get HDMI audio to work and while doing that, people helping me on IRC told me that these two lines mean that the problem comes from missing firmware. I checked and the fact is that I have the firmware on my filesystem, however it seems that the radeon driver is loaded early so as to get KMS working correctly and therefore I looked at initramfs. Comparing my initramfs with the one of someone with a similar setting (radeon driver / debian sid / update-initramfs generated initramfs) has shown one main difference: he has the radeon firmware in his initramfs and I don't. so I assumed this might be the reason for the problem. I'm sorry if I'm mistaken and wasting your time. Could you provide me some test that I could run to check for sure that the driver is loaded after the root FS has been mounted. Thank you
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