Did any recent testing update break ATI fglrx drivers?
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From: Matteo Riva on 17 Jun 2010 12:40 I have looked for info on this but haven't found any. Since a couple of days I can't boot X anymore with my usual nvidia drivers setup. All I get is a blank screen with no way out, not even CTRL+ALT+Fn. My system is testing, updated daily. Is there any known issue causing this? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTilh_B0IyhfZKNQ5WxXFMp2LKLygNdMzCjkru5KZ(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Sven Joachim on 17 Jun 2010 13:00 On 2010-06-17 18:34 +0200, Matteo Riva wrote: > I have looked for info on this but haven't found any. Since a couple of > days I can't boot X anymore with my usual nvidia drivers setup. In the subject line you talk about ATI fglrx. So what graphics card do you have? > All I > get is a blank screen with no way out, not even CTRL+ALT+Fn. My system > is testing, updated daily. > > Is there any known issue causing this? There is a new kernel in squeeze that includes shiny KMS framebuffer drivers for both Radeon and Nvidia cards. These are incompatible with the proprietary blobs from ATI and Nvidia. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8739wlmwnw.fsf(a)turtle.gmx.de
From: Matteo Riva on 17 Jun 2010 13:10 On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Sven Joachim <svenjoac(a)gmx.de> wrote: > In the subject line you talk about ATI fglrx. So what graphics card do > you have? I'm sorry, my card is a Mobility Radeon 3430. > There is a new kernel in squeeze that includes shiny KMS framebuffer > drivers for both Radeon and Nvidia cards. These are incompatible with > the proprietary blobs from ATI and Nvidia. Can you point me to more information on this topic? I'm looking for an alternative to the FOSS radeonhd driver which works but uses too much CPU (and my laptop suffers from overheating) and has limited configuration options for external displays. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTily_3HIv1r5kjP49lstG1TQC8DDPiqtFuS1_bkR(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Sven Joachim on 17 Jun 2010 13:30 On 2010-06-17 19:00 +0200, Matteo Riva wrote: > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Sven Joachim <svenjoac(a)gmx.de> wrote: > >> In the subject line you talk about ATI fglrx. �So what graphics card do >> you have? > > I'm sorry, my card is a Mobility Radeon 3430. > >> There is a new kernel in squeeze that includes shiny KMS framebuffer >> drivers for both Radeon and Nvidia cards. �These are incompatible with >> the proprietary blobs from ATI and Nvidia. > > Can you point me to more information on this topic? For Radeon cards, http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting has some information. > I'm looking for an > alternative to the FOSS radeonhd driver which works but uses too much > CPU (and my laptop suffers from overheating) and has limited > configuration options for external displays. You should use the radeon driver instead, radeonhd is incompatible with KMS (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=575226). Make sure to install the firmware-linux-nonfree package. Powersaving for Radeon cards is work in progress and requires the latest and greatest kernel (2.6.35-rc3 at the moment). Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87wrtxlge7.fsf(a)turtle.gmx.de
From: Matteo Riva on 18 Jun 2010 09:30
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Sven Joachim <svenjoac(a)gmx.de> wrote: >>> There is a new kernel in squeeze that includes shiny KMS framebuffer >>> drivers for both Radeon and Nvidia cards. These are incompatible with >>> the proprietary blobs from ATI and Nvidia. >> >> Can you point me to more information on this topic? > > For Radeon cards, http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting has some > information. Anyway my current kernel is Linux blue 2.6.32-trunk-686 #1 SMP Sun Jan 10 06:32:16 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux I doesn't look like it was update recently, so I don't think it's the incompatibility you mention causing the problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTinwlsbpZ5_58Bk-j2p3395ryEmUqfwf9QEZJuLL(a)mail.gmail.com |