Got it. Thanks! -------------------------------------------- On Tue, 9/23/14, Michel Dänzer <[email protected]> wrote:
Subject: Re: Bug#762047: xserver-xorg-video-ati: Black screen with mouse cursor on PowerPC To: "Bill Chatfield" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 10:17 PM On 23.09.2014 00:25, Bill Chatfield wrote: > If I understand this correctly, then one of the defects in this > situation is that the old radeonfb, nouveaufb, etc fb device drivers > are still being compiled into the kernel. This shouldn't happen if > they're not really supported by the rest of the system. I could file > a bug in that regard, if that is the right thing to do. There is a > file that attempts to blacklist all the old <cardname>fb drivers, but > since they are not loadable modules, this fails. You'd have to discuss that with the kernel package maintainers. > I have determined that the reason why gdm and gnome will not run is > because they require an accelerated driver, which radeonfb does not > support. So I either have to use radeonfb with xfce or get the > radeon/drm to work so I can run gnome. Unfortunately, the upsream Mesa r300 driver currently doesn't work correctly on big endian hosts. That would need to be fixed before you can run gnome-shell. So I'm afraid there's no obvious 'right thing to do', it's more a 'pick your poison' kind of situation. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.amd.com Libre software enthusiast | Mesa and X developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
