Bug#537923: video-radeon: X does not start

[Michel Dänzer]

On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 20:38 +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
> Version: 1:6.12.2-2
> Severity: important
> File: video-radeon
> 
> 
> When the X server is started both screens turn black (but stay on) and
> the keyboard is not working.
> 
> It is possible to suspend and resume the system using the power button.
> After resume no trace of a X server can be found but no crash is logged
> in the X log either.

It may be that the server dies due to an unresolved symbol or something
else that can't be intercepted. Check its stderr output, e.g. in the
g/kdm log file.

Did this start after an upgrade of this package, xserver-xorg-core or
maybe some other related package (e.g. libgl1-mesa-dri)?


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