Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-ati package

radeon driver gives blank screen if fglrx is installed but not in use

Bug #411182 reported by Jeffrey Baker on 2009-08-09

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #285603: MASTER: xserver crash, performs poorly, or other severe problem when loading the radeon driver if -fglrx has not been properly removed first. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati

When using the "radeon" driver I get a blank screen with no cursor and unresponsive keyboard, if and only if fglrx is also installed. I believe this may be caused because the "fglrxdrm" sub module is still loaded, if present, even when using the radeon driver. Removing the fglrx packages fixes this problem.

I suggest that either xserver-xorg-video-ati should conflict with fglrx, or the sub module should somehow be prevented from loading.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Aug 9 15:32:14 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: OEM OEM
Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090629.f39cafc5-0ubuntu5
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=0beb92b5-5d52-4cb8-a5a5-f15e838fa0db ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
libgl1-mesa-glx 7.5-1ubuntu1
libdrm2 2.4.12-1ubuntu1
xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.0-0ubuntu2
xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090629.f39cafc5-0ubuntu5
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic x86_64
XorgConf:
Section "Device"
  Identifier "Zee GFX card"
  Driver "radeon"
  BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection
dmi.bios.date: 03/04/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
dmi.board.name: 132-BL-E758
dmi.board.vendor: EVGA
dmi.board.version: Tylersburg
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: OEM
dmi.chassis.version: OEM
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd03/04/2009:svnOEM:pnOEM:pvrOEM:rvnEVGA:rn132-BL-E758:rvrTylersburg:cvnOEM:ct3:cvrOEM:
dmi.product.name: OEM
dmi.product.version: OEM
dmi.sys.vendor: OEM
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
distro: Ubuntu
architecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.31-5-generic

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Jeffrey Baker (jwbaker) wrote on 2009-08-09:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (64.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (5.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (4.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (23.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (859 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (6.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (120.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (248.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (72.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (33.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (5.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
glxinfo.txt Edit (18.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (254 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (17.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (44.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Jeffrey Baker (jwbaker) wrote on 2009-08-09:

XorgLog.txt shows the successful startup after removing fglrx, XorgLogOld.txt shows the log from a failed startup when fglrx was still installed.

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2009-08-11

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2009-08-13

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added: karmic

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forscher (forscher) wrote on 2009-08-17:

I have the same issue with installed radeonhd and fglrx. Only removing fglrx fix it. Of cource I need another or new xorg.conf, because radeonhd is not able to work with a xorg.conf which is reconfigured by aticonfig. The wrong xorg.conf lead to some colored blocks on the top of my display.

regards

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote on 2009-08-18:

Yes, this is a known issue - see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/FglrxInteferesWithRadeonDriver