X is not starting, complaining that the kernel doesn't support kernel mode setting

[David Lang]

Binary package hint: kdebase

from Xorg.0.log (when running X -configure because it is not seeing the second monitor)

[ 4227.789] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
[ 4227.789] (II) [KMS] No DRICreatePCIBusID symbol, no kernel modesetting.
[ 4227.817] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[ 4227.817] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[ 4227.817] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 4227.818] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[ 4227.818] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 4227.818] compiled for 1.10.0, module version = 0.0.2
[ 4227.818] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 10.0
[ 4227.818] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[ 4227.818] Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
  Configuration failed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: konqueror (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 1 15:32:11 2011
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100902.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kdebase
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-01 (0 days ago)

[penalvch (penalvch)]

David Lang, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-video-ati REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

Please note, given that the information from the prior release is already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one would not be helpful.

Thank you for your understanding.

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]