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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #264462
  2. Comment #17

Comment 17 for bug 264462

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Stefan Carslöv (odur) wrote : Re: Radeon Driver fails to load on 2 Sep daily [ATI HD3870]

I've just tested the Kubuntu 8.10 Beta Live CD (i386) and there is no change. The monitor goes to sleep when the driver loads and only wakes up if I switch to vt1. If I switch back to vt7 the monitor goes blank again.
This happens in both normal and safe graphics mode. I checked the Xorg.0.log and the same driver loads in both modes.

I think this bug should be tagged Critical and be targeted for the final release. It's a potential show stopper for a lot of people out there who got a recent ATI card.

The solution would probably be to load the radeonhd for the R6xx/R7xx cards by default.