I assume that Llano could easily be blacklisted from the FOSS driver, and
forced to use VESA like in 11.04.  This bug is going to ruin the
out-of-the-box experience for many people if it makes it into the final
Ubuntu 11.10 CD, clearly the FOSS driver + Llano is still not ready.

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Glome <email address hidden> wrote:

> I just tested Ubuntu 11.10 beta 2 and this bug still exists.
>
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> Title:
>  Display will not turn on in Oneiric alpha builds
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  Hello,
>
>  I have an ASUS K53TA laptop, it works fine with Natty except that the
>  Catalyst driver is required for 3d capability.   However, every
>  Oneiric build I've tried, the display won't turn on.  I can hear the
>  login music playing, so I'm sure that it has booted successfully, but
>  the display won't turn on, not even the backlight.
>
>  I've tried various key and touchpad combinations to wake the display
>  up, and I've also tried CTRL+ALT+SYSRQ+k, but nothing worked.
>
>  I've heard the same from others owning different hardware with AMD
>  Llano CPU/GPU as well, I don't believe this is specific to this
>  particular laptop.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic 2.6.38-10.46
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
>  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
>  Architecture: amd64
>  ArecordDevices:
>   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
>   card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB
> Analog]
>     Subdevices: 1/1
>     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>  AudioDevicesInUse:
>   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>   /dev/snd/controlC1:  bob        1462 F.... pulseaudio
>  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>  Card0.Amixer.info:
>   Card hw:0 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfeb44000 irq 47'
>     Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
>     Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
>     Controls      : 4
>     Simple ctrls  : 1
>  Card0.Amixer.values:
>   Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
>     Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
>     Playback channels: Mono
>     Mono: Playback [on]
>  Card1.Amixer.info:
>   Card hw:1 'Generic_1'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfeb40000 irq 16'
>     Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269VB'
>     Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,1043107c,00100100'
>     Controls      : 11
>     Simple ctrls  : 7
>  Date: Sat Aug 13 07:45:10 2011
>  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=9a29c58d-9e25-4773-b697-a43df62d5659
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64
> (20110427.1)
>  Lsusb:
>   Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
>   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>   Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0138 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
>   Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:a016 Alcor Micro Corp.
>   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>  MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K53TA
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic
> root=UUID=8d70ae6a-7c8e-423c-ad4c-b6f4493438d8 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>  RelatedPackageVersions:
>   linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-10-generic N/A
>   linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-10-generic  N/A
>   linux-firmware                             1.52
>  RfKill:
>   0: phy0: Wireless LAN
>        Soft blocked: no
>        Hard blocked: no
>  SourcePackage: linux
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>  WifiSyslog:
>
>  dmi.bios.date: 06/02/2011
>  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>  dmi.bios.version: 203
>  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
>  dmi.board.name: K53TA
>  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
>  dmi.board.version: 1.0
>  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
>  dmi.chassis.type: 10
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
>  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
>  dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr203:bd06/02/2011:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnK53TA:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnK53TA:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
>  dmi.product.name: K53TA
>  dmi.product.version: 1.0
>  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
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