Bug#833618: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: only the mouse pointer works, everything else is frozen

[Tobias Koeck]

Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
Version: 1:7.5.0-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

- installed the free radeon driver
- installed the nonfree firmware
- kernel radeon exceptions can be found in the /var/log/messages (see below)
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-- Package-specific info:
X server symlink status:
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Aug  7 01:21 /etc/X11/X -> /usr/bin/Xorg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2401376 Feb 11  2015 /usr/bin/Xorg

VGA-compatible devices on PCI bus:
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01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
[AMD/ATI] Curacao XT [Radeon R9 270X] [1002:6810]

/etc/X11/xorg.conf does not exist.

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d does not exist.

/etc/modprobe.d contains no KMS configuration files.

Kernel version (/proc/version):
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Linux version 3.16.0-4-amd64 (debian-kernel at lists.debian.org) (gcc
version 4.8.4 (Debian 4.8.4-1) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3
(2016-07-02)

Xorg X server log files on system:
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     0 Aug  7 01:27 /var/log/Xorg.1.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47759 Aug  7 01:31 /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Contents of most recent Xorg X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
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[   147.337]
X.Org X Server 1.16.4
Release Date: 2014-12-20
[   147.337] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[   147.337] Build Operating System: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian
[   147.337] Current Operating System: Linux tron 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1
SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3 (2016-07-02) x86_64
[   147.337] Kernel command line:
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-amd64
root=UUID=142907ce-a390-4f15-97a0-6f34aac18e31 ro quiet
[   147.337] Build Date: 11 February 2015  12:32:02AM
[   147.337] xorg-server 2:1.16.4-1 (http://www.debian.org/support)
[   147.337] Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
[   147.337] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[   147.337] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[   147.337] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Aug  7
01:30:38 2016
[   147.337] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[   147.337] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[   147.337] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[   147.337] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[   147.337] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[   147.337] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[   147.338] (==) Automatically adding devices
[   147.338] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[   147.338] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[   147.338] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[   147.338] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   147.338] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
	built-ins
[   147.338] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[   147.338] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of
input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices