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Bug#703179: Live nonfree images don't start x-session on radeon video cards



Do the prop drivers (nvidia and ati) only increase performance, or are there cases where the open source drivers won't let x even start but x would start with the prop drivers?

Thanks,
Corey


On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 5:39 AM, <zorki@softhome.net> wrote:

ok, so the bug isn't in the runtime configuration (live-config) but in
fglrx doesn't work with kms which we'll need to workaround in the
buildtime configuration (live-images) by conditionally adding nomodeset
to bootappend in case non-free was enabled.

I don't use fglrx - my graphic chips (Radeon Xpress 1250 (200m) and Radeon Xpress 1150 (200m)) work only with radeon driver and R300 firmware. What has fglrx and kms for my case? Yes, it start with "radeon.modeset=0" parameter, but in this case it start with software rendering.
Live images from other ditributions (openSUSE, Fedora) that have nonfree firmware start perfectly with hardware rendering for radeon driver and with kms.
Maybe radeon driver should be included in initrd image?


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