Bug#607767: Blank screen on starting X with Dual 2 GHz G5 and X800XT; DRM module not loading for radeon driver
On Die, 2010-12-21 at 17:42 -0500, dpickett wrote:
> Package: X11-common
> Version: 1:7.3+20
>
> Error message from Xorg.0.log: (EE) RADEON(0): [dri]
> RADEONDRIGetVersion failed to open the DRM
Are there any hints in the dmesg output as to why the radeon kernel
module fails to load / initialize? If not, what happens if you try to
modprobe radeon manually?
> To reproduce this bug, I have to boot into X on my machine. Machine
> goes through normal start up procedures, starts X and presents a
> completely blank screen. Computer is an Apple PowerMac, dual 2 GHz G5,
> with an ATi Radeon X800XT installed. Kernal is Linux
> 2.6.26-2-powerpc64.
[...]
> (EE) RADEON(0): FIFO timed out, resetting engine...
The X server is hanging because the GPU locked up.
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