Created attachment 353861 [details] Xorg.0.log for ATI Radeon X800 Description of problem: X fails to launch for an ATI Technologies Inc Radeon X800 SE (R430) (PCIE) rev 0. The last lines of Xorg.0.log say "failed to add fb" "Fatal server error:" "AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.12.2-19.fc12.1.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start X. Actual results: After several attempts to launch the X server, the system drops back to the framebuffer. Expected results: X is launched successfully, and the GDM login panel appears on the screen. Additional info: - Installed packages include * xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.12.2-19.fc12.1.x86_64 * xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.6.99-13.20090715.fc12.x86_64 * kernel-2.6.31-0.68.rc3.fc12.x86_64
Is there a message like this in dmesg? [drm:radeon_cp_init_kms] *ERROR* invalid ioctl with kms radeon_cp_init_kms Maybe bug 512757 is a dup of this.
(In reply to comment #1) Right, that's exactly the message that fills dmesg.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 512757 ***