Bug 597004 - KMS:R600:HD 2900 GT (2900XT?): Xorg/radeon needs nomodeset+NoDRI to start
Summary: KMS:R600:HD 2900 GT (2900XT?): Xorg/radeon needs nomodeset+NoDRI to start
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-ati
Version: 13
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jérôme Glisse
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-05-27 22:01 UTC by Vile Lasagna
Modified: 2011-06-27 16:51 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-06-27 16:51:32 UTC
Type: ---
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
Xorg.0.log from my current working configuration (radeon, nomodeset, NoDRI) (152.59 KB, text/plain)
2010-05-27 22:01 UTC, Vile Lasagna
no flags Details
dmesg from a boot with "radeon.modeset=1 drm.debug=15 3" (89.18 KB, text/plain)
2010-05-27 22:39 UTC, Vile Lasagna
no flags Details
Xorg.0.log from a boot with "radeon.modeset=1 drm.debug=15 3" (120.06 KB, text/plain)
2010-05-27 22:40 UTC, Vile Lasagna
no flags Details

Description Vile Lasagna 2010-05-27 22:01:19 UTC
Created attachment 417402 [details]
Xorg.0.log from my current working configuration (radeon, nomodeset, NoDRI)

Description:

When using the radeon xorg driver, boot freezes completely (Ctrl+Alt+Del won't work). This happens with or without the nomodeset flag, resulting in a blank screen (there's a black cursor on when the flag is set). Adding the option "NoDRI" to xorg.conf makes the driver work, but only if using nomodeset. Tried also installing and using the "radeonhd" driver. With nomodeset, the screen freezes with artefacts derived from the standard blue fedora background, as soon as X starts. Without it, the driver works normally, although performance seems to be worse than when using vesa, which works fine.
In all working solutions and configurations so far, there was no 3D acceleration.

Also tried the solution proposed in this page. Still getting the same blank screen (http://fedorasolved.org/video-solutions/radeon-xorg-tweaks/?searchterm=radeon)
 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

6.13.0-1.fc13(x86_64)


How reproducible:

Happens every time in my machine (Phenom 9500, ASUS M3A32MVP-Deluxe, Sapphire Radeon 2900XT), other instances unknown.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Happens straight on from a live fedora CD, or from an installation using standard drivers
2.Has been observed after installing SuSE 11.2(x86_64), though I "ragequitted" and decided to try fedora out before digging deeper there, never got to actually boot into that SuSE 
  
Actual results:

Using vesa works, as well as using radeonhd IF allowing kernel modesetting.
Best results with radeon driver so far was disabling modesetting and using "NoDRI" in xorg.conf. There is, however, no 3D acceleration in this case


Additional info:

Comment 1 François Cami 2010-05-27 22:10:57 UTC
Could you boot with the following kernel parameters:
drm.debug=15 radeon.modeset=1 3
and attach /var/log/dmesg to that bug (text/plain please)?

Comment 2 Vile Lasagna 2010-05-27 22:39:24 UTC
Created attachment 417413 [details]
dmesg from a boot with "radeon.modeset=1 drm.debug=15 3"

Comment 3 Vile Lasagna 2010-05-27 22:40:05 UTC
Created attachment 417414 [details]
Xorg.0.log from a boot with "radeon.modeset=1 drm.debug=15 3"

Comment 4 François Cami 2010-05-27 22:49:48 UTC
Switching assignee to jglisse, and upping prio/sev because:
* the fix for this is not easy to find for the average user
* reporter has no 3D no matter what

Comment 5 Vile Lasagna 2010-05-27 22:50:06 UTC
Comment on attachment 417414 [details]
Xorg.0.log from a boot with "radeon.modeset=1 drm.debug=15 3"

wrong log

Comment 6 François Cami 2010-05-27 23:05:48 UTC
From reporter (IRC): starting Xorg, after booting with "radeon.modeset=1 drm.debug=15 3" results in a hard crash (no ssh).
Setting as triaged.

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