Bug#586995: KMS not working on ATI Technologies Inc M56P [Radeon Mobility X1600]

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Teodor MICU wrote:

>> It has always been installed.
>
> Just to be clear, "always" means
[...]

Ah, found the answer in an earlier comment (#22).  Sorry for the
noise.

>> I installed it but it shouldn't matter since the two dependencies were
>> already installed.

Next steps that would be useful, if you have the time:

 - a full kernel log (using the "dmesg" command or /var/log/dmesg)
   from booting an affected kernel in recovery mode with the word
   drm.debug=0xe appended to the kernel command line and then running
   "modprobe radeon"

 - a photograph or screenshot of the garbled screen

 - which pre-compiled kernels between 2.6.32 and 2.6.36-rc5 listed
   at http://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux-2.6/ reproduce the
   big.  In other words, a narrower range to search for the fix.

If you don't have time for it, that's fine, too.  Just let us know and
we can let you know when there is a specific patch to try or wait
until someone else is able to reproduce it, depending on your
preference.

Thanks again.
Jonathan