Bug#637958: X.org crash leaves GPU in an inconsistent state and renders system unbootable

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Die, 2011-08-16 at 22:24 +0100, Martin wrote: 
> On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 09:27 +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > *. Installing linux-firmware-nonfree, this gives the same problem but
> > > when setting:
> > > 
> > > options radeon modeset=0
> > > 
> > > in /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf, DRI and 3D acceleration work.
> > > However neither change resolves the problem.
> > 
> > Please provide dmesg and Xorg.0.log with linux-firmware-nonfree
> > installed and modeset=1.
> 
> >From the machine with linux-firmware-nonfree installed I've attached
> dmesg and Xorg.0.log with modeset=0 (3D acceleration works) and
> modeset=1 (3D acceleration does not work).

With modeset=1, you need to make sure the radeon kernel module is loaded
before the X server starts.


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