Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati
I am currently testing Kubuntu 10.04 alpha3, and everything works OK except
that:
- there is no splash screen and no boot messages on startup (the screen goes
blank after making a selection in GRUB and does not turn on again until the
graphical KDM screen appears) and
- ** the tty consoles do not work ** (Ctrl-Alt-F1 and the like). There is no
adequate response to the Ctrl-Alt-F1 (...F6) keys, i.e. the KDE desktop stays
on the screen, the mouse cursor disappears, but nothing further happens. The
/sbin/getty processes are running for tty1 to tty6. sudo chvt [1-6] has the
same effect. Initially, on Ctrl-Alt-F8 the mouse cursor used to reappear (i.e.
switching back to the GUI worked). After the latest updates, trying to switch
to a virtual terminal seems to freeze the GUI and, since there is no accessible
terminal and a frozen GUI, requires a reboot.
I suspect that the problem has something to do with the framebuffer.
System information: OS: Ubuntu lucid (dev) · Kernel: 2.6.32-16-generic · KDE:
4.4.1 (KDE 4.4.1)
CPU: AMD Turion(tm) Dual-Core Mobile ZM-82 · RAM: 1367392kB/3799764kB
VGA: ATI RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200] / ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400
Installed graphics driver: automatically with OS installation, no modification
(must be ati i.e. radeon).
latest updates as of March 17, 21:20 UTC using default sources.list(.d/*) from
10.04 alpha3
What I already did:
1. place Option "DontVTSwitch" "false" in xorg.conf (does not help)
2. uninstall plymouth (does not help)
3. place radeon.modeset in kernel grub line (and remove quiet splash). This
makes the boot messages appear and restores the normal function of the virtual
terminals. This is a workaround, but: slow graphics, no acceleration, no
effects.
The problem does not depend on the desktop/window manager, it appears in
KDE/KWin and whatever Gnome uses (compiz or metacity) alike.
Patrick
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 17 22:18:19 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus: virtualbox-ose, 3.1.4, 2.6.32-16-generic, x86_64: installed
GdmLog2: Error: command ['kdesudo', '--', 'cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log.2']
failed with exit code 1: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.2: No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100224.1)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M51Tr
Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.191-1ubuntu2
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic
root=UUID=e4d022ea-a8d7-4643-9e2a-0350647bf780 ro radeon.modeset=0
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 07/31/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 205
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: M51Tr
dmi.board.vendor: PEGATRON CORPORATION
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr205:bd07/31/2008:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnM51Tr:pvr1.0:rvnPEGATRONCORPORATION:rnM51Tr:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: M51Tr
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: x86_64
kernel: 2.6.32-16-generic
** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid
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No virtual terminals on radeon HD 3200/3400
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/540547
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