Related dmesg output:
[ 11.847798] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 11.905197] [drm] radeon defaulting to kernel modesetting.
[ 11.905200] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
[ 11.905285] radeon 0000:01:03.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[ 11.905483] [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (RV100 0x1002:0x515E 0x103C:0x31FB).
[ 11.905511] [drm] register mmio base: 0xFDDF0000
[ 11.905513] [drm] register mmio size: 65536
[ 11.905660] radeon 0000:01:03.0: VRAM: 128M 0x00000000F0000000 - 0x00000000F7FFFFFF (64M used)
[ 11.905663] radeon 0000:01:03.0: GTT: 512M 0x00000000D0000000 - 0x00000000EFFFFFFF
[ 11.905670] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
[ 11.905672] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[ 11.905694] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
[ 11.919756] [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=128M, BAR=128M
[ 11.919761] [drm] RAM width 16bits DDR
[ 11.919858] [TTM] Zone kernel: Available graphics memory: 8216894 kiB.
[ 11.919861] [TTM] Zone dma32: Available graphics memory: 2097152 kiB.
[ 11.919863] [TTM] Initializing pool allocator.
[ 11.919901] [drm] radeon: 64M of VRAM memory ready
[ 11.919904] [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready.
[ 11.919929] [drm] GART: num cpu pages 131072, num gpu pages 131072
[ 11.936056] ipmi_si 0000:01:04.6: Using irq 21
[ 11.941585] [drm] PCIE GART of 512M enabled (table at 0x0000000036C80000).
[ 11.941608] radeon 0000:01:03.0: WB disabled
[ 11.941688] [drm] Loading R100 Microcode
[ 12.027578] tg3 0000:03:04.0: irq 40 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 12.051094] ipmi_si 0000:01:04.6: Found new BMC (man_id: 0x00000b, prod_id: 0x2020, dev_id: 0x11)
[ 12.051107] ipmi_si 0000:01:04.6: IPMI kcs interface initialized
[ 12.059931] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 12.073654] tg3 0000:03:04.0: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex
[ 12.073658] tg3 0000:03:04.0: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX
[ 12.075262] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 12.097968] [drm] radeon: ring at 0x00000000D0001000
[ 12.097992] [drm] ring test succeeded in 1 usecs
[ 12.098115] [drm] radeon: ib pool ready.
[ 12.100038] [drm] ib test succeeded in 0 usecs
[ 12.100361] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
[ 12.100363] [drm] Connector 0:
[ 12.100364] [drm] VGA
[ 12.100367] [drm] DDC: 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60
[ 12.100368] [drm] Encoders:
[ 12.100370] [drm] CRT1: INTERNAL_DAC1
[ 12.100371] [drm] Connector 1:
[ 12.100373] [drm] VGA
[ 12.100375] [drm] DDC: 0x6c 0x6c 0x6c 0x6c 0x6c 0x6c 0x6c 0x6c
[ 12.100377] [drm] Encoders:
[ 12.100378] [drm] CRT2: INTERNAL_DAC2
[ 12.146150] No connectors reported connected with modes
[ 12.146155] [drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes - going 1024x768
[ 12.154061] [drm] fb mappable at 0xF0040000
[ 12.154063] [drm] vram apper at 0xF0000000
[ 12.154065] [drm] size 786432
[ 12.154066] [drm] fb depth is 8
[ 12.154068] [drm] pitch is 1024
[ 12.154155] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 12.154260] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[ 12.162054] fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
[ 12.162056] drm: registered panic notifier
[ 12.162063] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.12.0 20080528 for 0000:01:03.0 on minor 0
Quantal kernel works fine, but it appears radeon/radeondrmfb may need some patches backported to precise?
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AlsaDevices:
total 0
crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 1 Feb 26 16:26 seq
crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 33 Feb 26 16:26 timer
AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
CurrentDmesg:
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c66a5950-8855-4c64-b82f-a2de855c8b0e
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth1 no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: HP ProLiant BL2x220c G5
MarkForUpload: True
Package: linux (not installed)
PciMultimedia:
ProcEnviron:
TERM=screen-bce
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-38-generic root=UUID=aab59adb-e0cf-42e1-b7aa-91181ef5aebc ro quiet
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-38.61-generic 3.2.37
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-38-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-38-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.79.1
RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Tags: precise
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-38-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:
dmi.bios.date: 10/25/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: HP
dmi.bios.version: I19
dmi.chassis.type: 23
dmi.chassis.vendor: HP
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHP:bvrI19:bd10/25/2010:svnHP:pnProLiantBL2x220cG5:pvr:cvnHP:ct23:cvr:
dmi.product.name: ProLiant BL2x220c G5
dmi.sys.vendor: HP
Forgot to add, I've been using nomodeset to work around this, but it can be a pain to do this on numerous blades.