Bug#607767: Blank screen on starting X with Dual 2 GHz G5 and X800XT; DRM module not loading for radeon driver
On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 10:57 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Sam, 2010-12-25 at 17:29 -0500, dpickett wrote:
> > It appears the entire machine is locking up when I try to startx.
> >
> > I can boot the machine into Linux single mode and ssh into it from
> > another machine. When I type "startx" the see several lines of text
> > flash by, and then a blank screen. The ssh window on the other machine
> > freezes. I can't ping the Linux machine, either.
>
> If you just modprobe radeon first, do things keep working until you try
> to start X?
>
> Does commenting out Option "AGPMode" help? If not, does using "4"
> instead of "8" for its value help? If not, does Option "BusType" "PCIE"
> help? In each case please verify in the Xorg.0.log file that the
> modification is taking effect as intended.
>
> It would also be interesting to see updated kernel output, at least the
> AGP/DRM related bits.
>
> You might be able to get more complete logs after a lockup by running
>
> sudo mount -o remount,sync /
>
> before reproducing the problem.
I meant to add that since the drivers you're using are rather old,
there's a good chance your problem could be solved by upgrading the
kernel and/or X driver.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com
Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
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