[HD 3870] Blank screen when GDM starts
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xserver-xorg-driver-ati |
Fix Released
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Medium
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xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xserver-
When running the Inpretid Alpha 6 Live CD I just get a blank/black screen when GDM starts. I am able to get to a console by pressing Alt+F1, and if I change the driver to "vesa" in xorg.conf and restart GDM, it starts fine and I can log in.
[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29c0] (rev 02)
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Device [147b:1083]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3870 [1002:9501]
Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device [174b:e620]
[update]
This is fixed in the current -ati git tree, but not yet available in Ubuntu. Hopefully it should be resolved next time we update -ati for jaunty.
description: | updated |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | Incomplete → Triaged |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
description: | updated |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
importance: | Medium → Unknown |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Same problem on my machine: ATI 2400 with LG 226WTQ. After GDM starts, the screen is blank and the monitor goes standby. I don't have an idea how to change the driver to "vesa", so I can't verify this workaround. The only thing I did is pressing Alt+F1 and typing "sudo reboot".