Bug#613137: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: no video signal or kbd after manually launching X

[Julien Cristau]

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 06:10:09 +0100, GSR wrote:

> Hi,
> kibi at debian.org (2011-02-13 at 0455.01 +0100):
> > GSR <gsr.bugs at infernal-iceberg.com> (13/02/2011):
> > > So the ones in the left is currently in use and the ones in right
> > > side are what show the bug. Xorg.log below has been replaced with
> > > one generated while bug appeared, instead of leaving the output of
> > > core-1.7.7 etc.
> > could you try, with the newer version, moving your X config file aside
> > (just mv it somewhere else), and report back?
> >   http://pkg-xorg.alioth.debian.org/howtos/report-bugs.html
> 
> Without config file, it does nothing, startx just returns. From the
> log, it seems it wants to go with ati module (also vesa and fbdev, but
> never radeon one), so installed it. Then it starts up with a totally
> fucked up resolution (1024), see attached file. If the config is moved

Looks like it detects a VGA (1360x768) and a DVI monitor (1600x1200) and
chooses a mode that works for both.

> back, the screen shows the bg (or maybe it was left from previous run)
> and then monitor goes into sleep immediately, ignoring kbd as original
> report.
> 
You should probably trim your xorg.conf down to just monitor sections to
stop other stuff interfering...

Cheers,
Julien
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