Re: Bug#822225: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: White glow and flicker on edges of LVDS display on boot
Control: reassign -1 src:linux 4.4.6-1~bpo8+1
On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 12:26:04 +0900, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On 22.04.2016 17:17, thomas wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
> > Version: 1:7.7.0-1
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > * What led up to the situation?
> > I installed the open radeon driver package instead of the closed one
> >
> > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> > ineffective)?
> > Boot the system
> >
> > * What was the outcome of this action?
> > Increasing white glow on the edges of the built in display, a freeze,
> > some flicker and finally the normal boot process continues
> >
> > * What outcome did you expect instead?
> > A normal boot process without the glitches
> >
> > I am not sure if this is the fault of the display driver,
>
> Agreed, however...
>
> > but since it looks like a display (or maybe backlight?) glitch, I
> > though it was best to report this under the video driver package.
>
> ... the display driver is actually the kernel driver with KMS, so this
> report should be reassigned to the kernel package.
>
Reassigning.
Cheers,
Julien
>
> > I am worried that it might damage something hardware related, because
> > it really doesn't look healthy to me.
>
> FWIW, IME it's quite unlikely that this kind of issue could result in
> hardware damage.
>
>
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> Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.amd.com
> Libre software enthusiast | Mesa and X developer
>
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