On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 22:32:12 +0200, Eloi Notario wrote: > El Dimecres, 4 de setembre de 2013, a les 12:47:32, Michel Dänzer va escriure: > > [...] > > > > Looks like the radeon kernel module doesn't get loaded before X starts. > > Current upstream xf86-video-ati only works with the radeon kernel module > > loaded in KMS mode. > > > > Maybe some leftover from fglrx is preventing the radeon kernel module > > from getting loaded. > > I have no fglrx packages installed, however I purged them to try to get rid of > possible leftovers. That didn't work. > Did you reboot after purging the fglrx stuff? > Then I manually loaded the radeon module using modprobe, expecting some sort > of error or more clues, but it worked. After this and a kdm restart, > everything seems back to normal. > > For some reason, xorg does not load (or tries to and fails) the readon kernel > module. I added radeon to /etc/modules so it's loaded at every startup, which > it does earlier at boot, noticeable due to the smaller console font. > > If you consider appropiate, I am willing to do some tests on my machine to > check why the radeon module is not automatically loaded, but please tell me > how to proceed (I am almost clueless about kernel whereabouts). If not, for me > the problem is solved and the bug may be closed. > Check for any blacklist in /etc/modprobe.d/ maybe. Cheers, Julien
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