Bug#641176: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: Radeon 9200SE, Detected VRAM RAM=0M, BAR=0M

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Tomi Leppänen wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder kirjoitti:

>> Thanks, Tomi.  If you still have time to work on this, please report
>> it upstream to linux-pci@vger.kernel.org (no subscription needed,
>> since the convention is to always reply-to-all there) and either cc us
>> or let us know the Message-ID so we can follow the resulting
>> discussion.
>
> What subject should I use?

You can choose one. ;-)  (I am fond of subject lines starting with
"[bug?] " but that's just a personal affectation.)

There is a mailing list archive at [1] if you want to look around and
blend in.  The file [2] also has some advice.  The ver_linux script it
mentions is at [3].

[1] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.pci 
[2] http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/REPORTING-BUGS
[3] http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/scripts/ver_linux

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>>  - "dmesg" output from a recent (ideally a mainline kernel or 3.1-rc4
>>    from experimental) right after boot, just like you sent here
>
> You mean that I should try with Debian experimental kernel? This guide
> is probably correct to install it:
> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianExperimental

Yep, that guide looks right.  BTW, 3.1-rc6 just hit experimental,
though the autobuilders haven't finished building it yet:

 https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=linux-2.6&suite=experimental

>>  - "lspci -vvx" or even "lspci -vvxxx" output (see the lspci manpage
>>    for a warning about the latter)
>
> So my biggest worry with -xxx is that my computer may crash? With
> this test setup it shouldn't be any problem.

Excellent.