[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#546781: fglrx-driver: With kernel module, displays blank screen

[Daniel Schepler]

Package: fglrx-driver
Version: 1:9-9-1
Severity: important

After upgrading to the latest fglrx-driver and compiling the kernel module
using module-assistant, the driver doesn't work on my hardware.  The log in
/var/log/kdm.log doesn't give any useful information.  I can't switch to a
text terminal either, so I have to use the SysRq stuff to reboot into
administration mode.

Without the kernel module installed, I get another problem: the server starts
up at 1152x864 resolution.  But xrandr lists the proper 1440x900 resolution
and "xrandr -s 1440x900" switches to that resolution with no problem.

My display hardware is:

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics]

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages fglrx-driver depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]      1.5.27        Debian configuration management sy
ii  fglrx-glx                  1:9-9-1       proprietary libGL for the non-free
ii  laptop-detect              0.13.7+pb1    attempt to detect a laptop
ii  libc6                      2.9-26+pb1    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdrm2                    2.4.13-1+pb1  Userspace interface to kernel DRM 
ii  libgcc1                    1:4.4.1-4+pb1 GCC support library
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]   7.5.1-1+pb1   A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.2.2-1+pb1 X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6                   2:1.0.4-1+pb1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxinerama1               2:1.0.3-2+pb1 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2                 2:1.3.0-2+pb1 X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                1:0.9.4-2+pb1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  xserver-xorg               1:7.4+4+pb1   the X.Org X server

Versions of packages fglrx-driver recommends:
ii  fglrx-atieventsd              1:9-9-1    external events daemon for the non
ii  fglrx-glx                     1:9-9-1    proprietary libGL for the non-free
ii  fglrx-glx-ia32                1:9-9-1    proprietary libGL for the non-free
ii  fglrx-source                  1:9-9-1    kernel module source for the non-f

Versions of packages fglrx-driver suggests:
ii  fglrx-control                 1:9-9-1    control panel for the non-free AMD

-- debconf information:
  fglrx-driver/acpi_switch: false
-- 
Daniel Schepler