I guess bumping ati-drivers resolves all issues. http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst13-8LINBetaDriver.aspx
*Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 13.8 Beta Driver for Linux:* This release of AMD Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following new features: - OpenGL 4.3 support - Dynamic primary surface resizing - *Kernel 3.10 support* - SLED 11 SP3 support On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Joost Ruis <joost.r...@sabayon.org> wrote: > A quick followup on this, testing on my 2nd ATI/AMD system: > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI > RV770 [Radeon HD 4850] > > In this case KMS also kicks in, but now the FOSS driver is being used it > seems, all is well. > > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Joost Ruis <joost.r...@sabayon.org> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I tested the latest amd64 MATE daily iso. >> On all Intel graphics systems there was no issue, but on my AMD/ATI PC >> there was. >> >> I had to explicitly set nomodeset on boot in order to get it running. >> Without that KMS kicks in and the system freezes up. >> >> The system has this card: >> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI >> Cypress PRO [Radeon HD 5850] >> >> - If we are going to release the next release like this, and I guess we >> are, perhaps add a note about it to the release notes. It is fairly simple >> (Press F5 and check nomodeset). >> >> - If we are not going to release with a problem like this, what can I do >> to help tackle this problem? Is there some bug in the detection tools >> perhaps? >> >> - Also consider to not release with FGLRX preinstalled at all? >> >> Cheers. >> >> >> >> >
