Bug#618319: linux-image-2.6.37-2-amd64: Framebuffer issues with RV620

2011-03-14 Thread Mark Brown
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.37-2 Severity: normal As soon as the kernel switches to framebuffer mode on 2.6.37-2-amd64 the display becomes unrecoverably corrupted though everything appears to continue to run fine and a reboot can be initiated. With 2.6.32-5-amd64 the display appears fine.

Bug#618319: linux-image-2.6.37-2-amd64: Framebuffer issues with RV620

2011-03-14 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2011-03-14 at 11:06 +, Mark Brown wrote: Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.37-2 Severity: normal As soon as the kernel switches to framebuffer mode on 2.6.37-2-amd64 the display becomes unrecoverably corrupted though everything appears to continue to run fine and a reboot can be

Bug#618319: linux-image-2.6.37-2-amd64: Framebuffer issues with RV620

2011-03-14 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 01:24:26PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: I notice that this system is using the radeon driver but does not have the Radeon firmware installed. On older hardware the firmware is only needed for 3D acceleration, but I suspect that other functions also depend on it now.