Comment 131 for bug 305301

I have not tested on latest kernel but I have been facing the problem ever
since I have been using the earlier kernels ever since I have been using the
radeon driver. And the ati driver is same... it just calls the radeon driver

On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Karesz <email address hidden> wrote:

> Have this problem got any better with the new 2.6.33 kernel? (It
> included radeon KMS)
>
> --
> [RC410] Xpress 200M hangs when resuming from suspend with DRI (needs KMS)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305301
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> Status in The Bugzilla Bug Tracking System: Invalid
> Status in The Linux Kernel: Invalid
> Status in X.Org X server: Invalid
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-ati” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
>
> Since I upgraded to 8.10 from 8.04 the machine does not resume from
> suspend.
> 1) Depending on the tools it behaves the following way: when using usual
> (gnome) suspend, when trying to resume it turns on and off with a blank
> screen. When using pm-utils, it turns on but the screen is blank. In all of
> these cases, the system is irresponsive and requires a hard reboot (held
> down power button). Sometimes the system just restarts (reboots) on its own
> after one attempt.
> 2) There is also one more problem with the X that is conected.
> Occasionally, when booting the system before getting the login window the
> system hangs with the blank screen. It also remains totally irresponsive
> with no Magic Keys working.
>
> The reason why I think the issue is related to "radeon" driver is the
> following. I've had a lot of problems be with the ATI/AMD proprietary fglrx
> driver (no dual head support, no xvid etc). However, when I upgraded to
> 8.10 I found the fglrx in use. Again, the performance was not good either
> (bad xv support and slow). But I could resume from suspend OK and do not
> remember any crashes when booting. I removed it and started using "radeon"
> driver. The performance was better, but I started experiencing the
> above-mentioned problems. I also tried "ati" driver (not sure if there is
> difference ) bu with no avail.
> Someone found a similar bug a couple months ago and followed the suggested
> change in the Xorg.conf by trying different values for Option "AGPMode". it
> didn't work. I also tried hibernate tools. It did similar things. I tried
> with/without compiz, gives the same problem, as well as with the generic
> Xorg.conf file. I attach both below
> My laptop is Toshiba Satellite l35 with ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon
> Xpress 200M].
>
> $uname -a
> 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686
> GNU/Linux
> I am attaching some useful files below.
> Thanks very much in advance for your help!
> [lspci]
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 5a31 (rev 01)
> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon
> Xpress 200M] [1002:5a62]
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