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.
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.