Bug#420054: xorg installs ati driver for radeon device

[Mike Saavedra <mike.saavedra@attask.com>]

Package: xorg
Version: 7.1.1

I just installed etch/stable and everything went fine except when the system started up for the first time I got the following error:

Fatal server error:
no screens found

I have a Radeon X300 SE 128MB HyperMemory video card.

I eventually found and fixed the problem. I'm not sure how the original /etc/X11/xorg.conf file is generated, but in the Section "Device" for the Radeon X300, the Driver is listed as "ati". I changed that to "radeon" and all is well.

I suggest that the default driver name be "radeon" instead of "ati" for this and any other affected video cards. This will save some other innocent user the frustration I had to go through.

I am using Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r0, kernel 2.6.18-4 etch stable.

Please let me know if I can be of any assistance in expediting this bug fix.

Sincerely,
Mike Saavedra