Bug#721796: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: X not starting anymore after upgrade

[Michel Dänzer]

On Mit, 2013-09-04 at 18:28 -0400, Brandon childress wrote:
> Take your hard drive out and place in the microwave then after word
> take a step back and fuck your own face

I have no idea where this is coming from, but it's not appropriate in
any way. Stop this nonsense *now*.


> On Sep 4, 2013 7:00 AM, "Michel Dänzer" <daenzer at debian.org> wrote:
>         On Mit, 2013-09-04 at 08:39 +0200, Eloi Notario wrote:
>         > Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
>         > Version: 1:7.2.0-1
>         > Severity: important
>         >
>         > Dear Maintainer,
>         >
>         > Since last upgrade from 1:6.14.4-8 to 1:7.2.0-1 X does not
>         start for me.
>         > I've tried moving my custom xorg.conf out of the way but to
>         no avail.
>         > I've also tried using an old linux kernel, also
>         unsuccessfully, that's
>         > why I'm filing the bug here.
>         >
>         > Please tell me if you need more info, however my availibity
>         may be
>         > scarce for the next week. The comments on xorg.conf are from
>         2010 where
>         > I had another issue and tried some alternative
>         configurations, I tested
>         > the other Screen directives on ServerLayout, they didn't
>         work either
>         > but for reasons apparently unrelated (fglrx not supporting
>         my chipset
>         > anymore, vesa complaining about "No matching modes").
>         >
>         > The computer is a 5-year-old Samsung R60+ laptop using a
>         Radeon X1250.
>         
>         [...]
>         
>         > [  1073.294] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't
>         supported.
>         
>         [...]
>         
>         > DRM Information from dmesg:
>         > ---------------------------
>         > [    1.278892] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
>         
>         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.
>         
>         
>         --
>         Earthling Michel Dänzer           |
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>         developer
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