Bug#518782: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: incorrect vertical frequency detected for RS482 chipset graphics - blank screen
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 05:13:38PM +0100, Thomas Richter wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
> Version: 1:6.9.0-1+lenny4
> Severity: important
>
>
> The xserver radeon package leaves a completely unusable screen on the Hewlett-Packard "BW-PC"s; since
> this is a popular machine ordered in masses by the district of Baden-Württemberg in Germany for all
> public institutions, this renders Debian lenny unusable for a large user class, including universities
> and student pools.
>
> Problem description is that the vertical frequency of the monitor is mispredicted - the HP monitor
> reports that the card generates a vertical frequency of 90Hz, much too high for the monitor to follow,
> so likely the EDID/DDC data arrives corrupted.
>
> The graphics driver *did/does* work for OpenSuSE 10.2 in the 6.6.3 kernel package with one SuSE-specific
> patch applied.
Is it better with latest radeon driver, and KMS on a recent kernel?
Brice
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