Bug#651532: System crashes (kernel oops) when loading ATI firmware

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Camaleón wrote:
> El 2011-12-12 a las 12:45 -0600, Jonathan Nieder escribió:

>> Even better would be to try booting without loading the radeon module,
>> by putting
>>
>> 	blacklist radeon
>>
>> in a file /etc/modprobe.d/oa-blacklist-radeon.conf and booting in
>> "recovery mode" so X does not get started.
>
> Would appending "nomodeset" to the kernel's GRUB line (→ disabling KMS) 
> do the same job or you need the module is expressly blacklisted?

I haven't had good luck with "nomodeset" generally.  But really, if you
can do anything (like removing the firmware package) to the radeon
module to make the problem go away, that will be enough to put the
ball in their court, and I will be happy.