Blank screen on Radeon Mobility HD 4650

[Damien Mir]

What I did up to now :
- upgrade to kernel 2.6.32 (from suse repository)
- upgrade to latest xorg-server (from suse rep too, still 7.4)
- compile xf86-video-ati from git.

And it works !
Thanks a lot !


> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Damien Mir
> <mailings.xorg at mirabel-sil.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am experiencing a problem with my new laptop :
>> Dell Studio 17'3 with Radeon Mobility HD 4650
>> running opensuse 11.2 or Ubuntu 9.10
>>
>> When xorg invoked, the screen becomes blank and is deadlocked this way
>> until the next reboot, and then KDE4 crashes.
>> It occurs both with "radeon" and "radeonhd" drivers.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> When running "vesa" or the proprietary "fglrx", it is working quite
>> alright, except for the horrible 2D performance.
>
> Does xf86-video-ati from git master work any better?
>