On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 07:16:10AM -0500, Douglas R. Reno wrote: > On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 11:20 PM, Douglas R. Reno <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I have installed LFS on my Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5529. I was using > > kernel version 3.8.1 for a week because that is all I had at the time. With > > any new version of the kernel I install, my laptop hangs when the console > > framebuffer goes to load after "tsc clocksource" and soon displays a white > > screen. I have an ATI Radeon HD 6350M (the "Evergreen" type), and I have > > installed the proper firmware (I got it from a Debian Wheezy package). On > > 3.8.1 it will only happen if I turn on the kernel modesetting. On all > > future versions I select the "ATI Radeon: Y" in the kernel configuration as > > I do in 3.8.1 and it still freezes like it did with the modesetting on. > > What can I do to get it to boot? > > > > The firmware is working properly I believe (X is using the ATI driver). > > Any help would be appreciated. Also, even 3.8.1 with the "ATI Radeon: Y" > > selected I dont get my penguins and the resolution is huge. > > > > Douglas R. Reno > > > Hello all, > > I was able to fix the problem myself last night. For future reference, I > have a "Evergreen" type but I require PALM_* firmware. I just upgraded to > kernel version 3.14.4 and I was able to get it booting OK, albeit a delay > in startup by about 60 seconds and no penguins :-(. X won't allow by to go > above 1024x768, so I think I will have to create a custom file to fix that. > > Thank you, > > Douglas R. Reno
I've just seen your earlier post, and I was about to say that a white screen sounds as if the firmware is missing - in this case, I guess I should say ẗhe _correct_ firmware was missing. The delay of 60 seconds suggests that firmware is NOT being loaded (it is a timeout). I'm not up to speed with udev (systemd) changes re userspace firmware loaders - I know there was a change in 3.16-rc where the new option was enabled, but the help text implied it should not be used on a recent system (and in fact for me it did not make any difference) - but perhaps changing your setting of CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER might make a difference. [ At the moment I'm on my intel, which does not use firmware, so I am not sure whether setting =y or not setting this worked on my radeons in 3.14 ]. The absence of penguins suggests either that you have not enabled the picture in your kernel config, or else that you are NOT in a framebuffer :-( One or other of those might explain why you cannot get more than 1024x768. Yeah, firmware is "fun", and the items which are needed in one kernel release might change in a later release :-( ĸen -- Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
