Re: Graphic problem on Debian testing installed on Dell Optiplex 960

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Tue, 8 May 2012 13:23:29 +0900, Johan wrote in message 
<[🔎] CAKS5mhQ_bP+F11ZKDkeHQrVdJeZ8JOauNR51aN2DYBjQs8fs6A@mail.gmail.com>:

> I installed firmware-linux, firmware-linus-non-free, libdrm2 and
> libdrm-radeon1. I think that radeon is starting with KMS because
> there is a file called radeon-kms.conf in /etc/modprobe.d/ that
> contains "options radeon modeset=1".

..verify that with e.g. 'dmesg |grep modeset' or 'dmesg |grep radeon'
or some such search.

> This fixed the problem for kernels 3.2.0-1 and 3.2.0-2.
> There is however still a problem with kernel 2.6.32-5 : rectangle of
> random black and white pixels disappeared but gnome login screen
> doesn't work. I don't know if Debian want to fix this or not. If yes,
> I would be glad to help in terms of testing.
> 
> Thanks a lot for your help.
> Regards.
> Johan
> 


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