Radeon HD 6530D crashing Xorg with a CentOS 6.6 kernel

[Darby Vicker]

Hello,

Sorry for the cross post but I figure this is a better place to get
help.  With the Xorg ABI update in CentOS/RHEL 6.6 [1] I can't get X
to come up properly.  More info in this thread on the CentOS list:

http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2014-December/148341.html

To summarize:

* Stock ATI drivers shipped with CentOS crash X with a 6.6 kernel
* fglrx drivers also crash X with a 6.6 kernel[2]
* a centos 6.6 livecd still exibits the problem (trying to rule out an
issue with my specific installation)

I have Xorg.0.log files for boots from the 4 combinations of boots
from a CentOS 6.5 and 6.6 kernel and the stock and fglrx drivers.
Nothing obvious stands out to me but I could definitely be missing
something.  What's the best way to send the logs - just inline?  I'll
include just error messages below for now.

I'd appreciate any help sorting this out.

Thanks,
Darby


[1] see the 2nd bullet under "Known Issues" at
http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS6.6
[2] despite the indication they should work (http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-fglrx)


[root at c6 log]# grep EE Xorg.0.log.centos6.*
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.fglrx:    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not
implemented, (??) unknown.
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.fglrx:[    56.550] Initializing built-in
extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.fglrx:[    58.834] (EE) fglrx(0):
atiddxDriScreenInit failed. Probably kernel module missing or
incompatible.
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.fglrx:[    61.329] (EE) PreInit returned 8 for
"HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone"
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.fglrx:[    61.329] (EE) config/hal:
NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.fglrx:[    87.649] (EE) fglrx(0):
firegl_SetSuspendResumeState FAILED -9.
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.fglrx:[   115.294] (EE) fglrx(0): Fail to get
resume state, return -9.
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.stock:    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not
implemented, (??) unknown.
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.stock:[    60.837] Initializing built-in
extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.stock:[    64.567] (EE) PreInit returned 8 for
"HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone"
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.stock:[    64.567] (EE) config/hal:
NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.stock:[  1709.642] (EE) Server terminated
successfully (0). Closing log file.
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.stock.notime:    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI)
not implemented, (??) unknown.
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.stock.notime: Initializing built-in extension
MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.stock.notime: (EE) PreInit returned 8 for
"HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone"
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.stock.notime: (EE) config/hal:
NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
Xorg.0.log.centos6.5.stock.notime: (EE) Server terminated successfully
(0). Closing log file.
Xorg.0.log.centos6.6.fglrx:    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not
implemented, (??) unknown.
Xorg.0.log.centos6.6.fglrx:[    52.454] Initializing built-in
extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
Xorg.0.log.centos6.6.fglrx:[    54.076] (EE) fglrx(0):
atiddxDriScreenInit failed. Probably kernel module missing or
incompatible.
Xorg.0.log.centos6.6.fglrx:[    56.971] (EE) PreInit returned 8 for
"HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone"
Xorg.0.log.centos6.6.fglrx:[    56.971] (EE) config/hal:
NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
Xorg.0.log.centos6.6.fglrx:[ 84932.819] (EE) Server terminated
successfully (0). Closing log file.
Xorg.0.log.centos6.6.stock:    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not
implemented, (??) unknown.
Xorg.0.log.centos6.6.stock:[    49.812] Initializing built-in
extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
Xorg.0.log.centos6.6.stock:[    54.778] (EE) PreInit returned 8 for
"HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone"
Xorg.0.log.centos6.6.stock:[    54.778] (EE) config/hal:
NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
Xorg.0.log.centos6.6.stock:[   218.667] (EE) Server terminated
successfully (0). Closing log file.
Xorg.0.log.centos6.6.stock.notime:    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI)
not implemented, (??) unknown.
Xorg.0.log.centos6.6.stock.notime: Initializing built-in extension
MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
Xorg.0.log.centos6.6.stock.notime: (EE) PreInit returned 8 for
"HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone"
Xorg.0.log.centos6.6.stock.notime: (EE) config/hal:
NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
Xorg.0.log.centos6.6.stock.notime: (EE) Server terminated successfully
(0). Closing log file.
[root at c6 log]#