Bug#613922: linux: Radeon DRM doesn't initialise properly (firmware fails to load?)
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 09:23:22PM +1100, Owen Riddy wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.37-1
> Severity: important
> File: linux
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> I have a Radeon 3450 grampics card (AMD/ATI) and lived on Squeeze until the recent release. The card was well supported by the new Open Source graphics driver (radeon).
> Whenever I compiled a newer vanilla kernel KMS didn't work (starting with 2.6.33, I belive. It was a while ago) and X wouldn't load. Every so often I tried a different kernel, and the problem remained. On X, the system would completely hang (including access to virtual terminals). I assumed a mis-configured kernel and gave up.
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> This debian kernel image seems to have the same problem. After upgrading, I get a suspicious 180 second pause when the kernel "populates /dev", which I now attribute to a bug, possibly in the firmware loading code. I'm getting an error message about modprobe blocking (in dmesg).
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> To be sure I havn't tainted the configuration, I installed the Squeeze release base system, upgraded to wheezy, rebooted to test KMS (virtual terminal screen resolution was large, suggesting it worked), upgraded to unstable and rebooed, at which point I get the 180 second hang and modrpboe errors, as well as a rather low resolution VT.
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> This renders X unusable. Does this report go here, or upstream?
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please report upstream on http://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/
and let us know the bug nr for tracking progress.
thank you.
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maks
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