Bug#664415: after upgrade xorg doesn't start correctly with radeon/vesa drivers - I can see only black screen and cursor

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Sam, 2012-03-17 at 21:45 +0400, Goga wrote: 
> 
> [    65.686] (++) using VT number 7
> 
> [    65.711] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so

A more detailed description of the problem than just the subject line
would have been nice, but my guess would be that the X server dies, and
the log file ends abruptly at this point? Check the X server stderr
output, e.g. by starting it manually from a remote shell. Usually this
is due to an unresolved symbol, e.g. due to stale libraries getting
picked up from /usr/local/lib or so.


> [  2501.510] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
> [  2501.510] vesa: Ignoring device with a bound kernel driver
> [  2501.510] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
> [  2501.510] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
> [  2501.510] (II) Unloading vesa
> [  2501.510] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
> [  2501.510] 
> Fatal server error:
> [  2501.510] no screens found

This is expected, the vesa driver can't work with an active KMS kernel
driver.


> After aptitude safe-upgrade aptitude full-upgrade I can't start X correctly. 

Which packages were upgraded?


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