Bug 772047

Summary: radeon kernel module for AMD A6-3400M APU
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: W Agtail <crash70>
Component: xorg-x11-drv-atiAssignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List <xgl-maint>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority: unspecified    
Version: 16CC: airlied, gansalmon, itamar, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda, xgl-maint
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OS: Linux   
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Xorg log file with radeon errors. none

Description W Agtail 2012-01-05 18:32:37 UTC
Created attachment 550986 [details]
Xorg log file with radeon errors.

Description of problem:
Unable to use radeon Driver for X11.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rpm -q xorg-x11-server-Xorg xorg-x11-drv-ati
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.11.3-1.fc16.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.14.3-3.20111125git534fb6e41.fc16.x86_64

uname -r
3.1.6-1.fc16.x86_64

I am running F16 on a Lenovo Thinkpad E525.
CPU is a 4 core: AMD A6-3400M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install with: linux nomodeset xdriver=vesa
2. Apply all updates.
3. Update /etc/X11/xorg.conf with: cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Device"
	Identifier "Videocard0"
	Driver "radeon"
EndSection

4. Reboot.
  
Actual results:
Refer to attached Xorg.3.log file.

Expected results:
A working X system with radeon kernel module.

Additional info:
I have to use nomodeset and xdriver=vesa for installation else i just end up with a black screen.

Thanks and regards.

Comment 1 Dave Airlie 2012-02-12 17:54:35 UTC
does upgrading to a newer kernel and removing nomodeset resolve this issue?

Comment 2 W Agtail 2012-02-17 18:21:46 UTC
Hi Dave

many thanks for your help on this.
Yes, upgrading to the newer kernel and removing nomodeset has resolved the issue.

Kind regards.