https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64721
Bug ID: 64721 Summary: Radeon HD6450 fails on all distro's out of box. Product: Drivers Version: 2.5 Kernel Version: Linux 3.2.04-amd64 Hardware: All OS: Linux Tree: Mainline Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P1 Component: Video(DRI - non Intel) Assignee: drivers_video-dri@kernel-bugs.osdl.org Reporter: ichapman@videotron.ca Regression: No
I think I'm at the right place to report video card frustrations. Radeon HD450 fails to work out of the box with any Linux. With Debian Wheezy I need to edit the grub line starting with linux and add vga=791 to do anything. vga=771 fails With Knoppix 7.0 I need vga=771 and that's okay, but vga=791 the left half of screen is on right and right on left. The cursor moves to right falls off the screen and re-appears on left side. Very strange. With DebianMint I need vga=771 or 791 to get it to work. On my Acer Aspire laptop with a Radeon HD6310 I do not need any of this vga= stuff. I am sure that this is not a driver problem. All the vga=xxx does is kick it somewhere so that I loads the driver. My Motherboard is M2V-Mx from Asus and once the /etc/default/grub is fixed with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="vga=791" or 771 it's okay. (sudo update-grub of course) I recently junked my Nvidia 8500GT video because the driver for that became sick, the worst feature was not being able to display the layout of the pcb tool unless I disabled the driver and used cpu sw rendering on the video but that's an other story. Ian.