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Bug#607767: Blank screen on starting X with Dual 2 GHz G5 and X800XT; DRM module not loading for radeon driver



Looks like my system is a Lenny system. Should I try Squeeze?

On Dec 27, 2010, at 5:02 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote:

> 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.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Earthling Michel Dänzer           |                http://www.vmware.com
> Libre software enthusiast         |          Debian, X and DRI developer

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