https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48422
Bug #: 48422 Summary: Radeon KMS fails on Radeon X850XT (R480) graphics card Classification: Unclassified Product: DRI Version: XOrg 6.7.0 Platform: x86-64 (AMD64) OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: medium Component: DRM/Radeon AssignedTo: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org ReportedBy: mike@coruscant.demon.co.uk
Created attachment 59628 --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=59628 Dmesg output from boot
Video output fails completely (apparently due to a KMS regression) on all kernels >= 3.2, rendering the system unusable as a desktop. Access via SSH over network is unaffected.
Steps to reproduce: Boot any recent kernel. This has been encountered with Debian, and the kernel versions in question are:-
linux-image-3.0.0-2-amd64 3.0.0-5 functions as expected linux-image-3.2.0-1-amd64 3.2.7-1 fails linux-image-3.2.0-2-amd64 3.2.13-1 fails linux-image-3.3.0-trunk-amd64 3.3-1~experimental.1 fails
Expected behaviour:-
At system boot, initial kernel output appears on the VGA console, until the drm driver is loaded, when the kernel switches the output font and resolution. Boot continues until a subsequent switch (I believe when the kernel attempts to modeswitch the card), at which point the font visibly changes at this point and boot continues, with further console output until the X desktop appears.
Actual behaviour with failing kernels:-
Boot starts normally until the modeswitch happens, at which point video output ceases, and the monitor shows no signal on the DVI input.
Graphics hardware details from lspci is:-
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI R480 [Radeon X850XT (PCIE)] (Primary) 01:00.1 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI R480 [Radeon X850XT (PCIE)] (Secondary)
Attached file is dmesg output from booting the 3.3 kernel with drm.debug=0x6 passed as a kernel parameter.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48422
--- Comment #1 from Jonathan Nieder jrnieder@gmail.com 2012-04-07 12:16:24 PDT --- Context: http://bugs.debian.org/667799 which mentions that the system is still usable using ssh after the failed modeset.
Looks like the log with drm.debug=0x6 overflowed the kernel buffer so it's cut off at the beginning. Does /var/log/dmesg have more?
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48422
--- Comment #2 from Mike B mike@coruscant.demon.co.uk 2012-04-07 17:07:13 PDT --- Created attachment 59633 --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=59633 Dmesg output from boot (no drm debug)
Attached file is the dmesg output from booting 3.3 without the drm debug parameter set.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48422
--- Comment #3 from Alex Deucher agd5f@yahoo.com 2012-04-09 05:41:43 PDT --- Should be fixed with this patch: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2012-April/020963.html
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48422
Jonathan Nieder jrnieder@gmail.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED
--- Comment #4 from Jonathan Nieder jrnieder@gmail.com 2012-04-18 15:13:54 PDT --- Mike Brodbelt wrote[1]:
I have done basic testing. Pulling a kernel source tree for 3.3.y and applying the patch results in a new kernel which now boots successfully.
Currently running kernel is :-
$ uname -a Linux mordor 3.3.1+ #5 SMP Tue Apr 10 01:53:45 BST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Which is working.... I've not tested this tree without the patch yes, so can't be 100% certain, but that patch is looking pretty convincing so far.
So it looks like this is fixed by
commit afceb9319f21b18ee3bc15ee9a5f92e18ef8a8c9 Author: Alex Deucher alexander.deucher@amd.com Date: Tue Apr 3 17:05:41 2012 -0400
drm/radeon/kms: fix DVO setup on some r4xx chips
Some r4xx chips have the wrong frev in the DVOEncoderControl table. It should always be 1 on r4xx. Fixes modesetting on DVO on r4xx chips with the bad frev.
Reported by twied on #radeon.
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher alexander.deucher@amd.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie airlied@redhat.com
which is part of v3.4-rc3.
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/667799#36
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