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

[Michal Suchanek]

2009/7/21 Michel Dänzer <daenzer at debian.org>:
> 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)?
>

This happened after replacing the graphics card ( HD 4350 with X550).

Unfortunately, the stderr output scrolled by due to the output of my
startup script which I wrote to avoid crash with the standard startup
scripts.

With the stable radeon driver I can even get indirect EXA
acceleration. DRI is probably broken in the kernel.

The radeon driver did not work well with the HD 4350 either but at
least it lacked up only after showing my desktop background.

I do not use any 3D besides EXA.

Thanks

Michal