Bug#796540: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: xserver doesn't work anymore

[Andreas Boll]

2015-08-22 14:38 GMT+02:00 johannes.black at gmail.com <johannes.black at gmail.com>:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
> Version: 1:7.5.0-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> I got a Radeon HD 7970 and for a few weeks now X doesn't work anymore. Tried it with stable and unstable.
>

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> DRM Information from dmesg:
> ---------------------------
> [    0.000000] AGP: No AGP bridge found
> [    0.000000] AGP: Checking aperture...
> [    0.000000] AGP: No AGP bridge found
> [    0.483490] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
> [    2.195728] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
> [    2.214170] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
> [    2.214501] [drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* radeon kernel modesetting for R600 or later requires firmware-linux-nonfree.
>
>

As mentioned in dmesg you need to install the package
firmware-linux-nonfree for hardware acceleration.


Andreas.