Bug#891442: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: unable to load radeon module with HD 8400E

[Michel Dänzer]

On 2018-02-25 05:15 PM, Manuele Rampazzo wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
> Version: 1:7.10.0-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> some weeks ago, after an update, 3D on my system failed to corretly initialize.
> 
> Some syntomps
> 
> $ glxinfo
> name of display: :0
> 
> [no more output, never going back to prompt until Ctrl-C]
> 
> $ glxgears
> X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  149 ()
>   Minor opcode of failed request:  2
>   Serial number of failed request:  37
>   Current serial number in output stream:  38
> 
> Firefox, Thunderbird, VLC not working correctly (or not starting at all), etc.

This was a Mesa bug, fixed in libgl1-mesa-dri 17.3.4-1 or newer.


> /var/log/Xorg.0.log show that radeon module is unloaded, so the system use vesa
> instead.

The bug above only happens when using Wayland, in which case Xorg isn't
used.


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