Darxus, thank you for testing the mainline kernel. The next step is to perform a kernel bisect in order to identify the offending commit. Could you do so following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBisection ?
** Description changed: Radeon driver works fine in Oneric, but in Precise it boots to a flickering dark purple screen - completely unusable. Or safe mode boots using the vesa driver. - Removing the "setgfxpayload..." line in grub allowed the radeon driver - to work. + Also tested: + 3.4.0-030400rc1-generic #201203312035 SMP Sun Apr 1 00:36:22 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux + linux-image-3.3.0-030300-generic 3.3.0-030300.201203182135 Linux kernel image for version 3.3.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP $ lspci | grep -i vga 05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Barts XT [ATI Radeon HD 6800 Series] + + WORKAROUND: Removing the "setgfxpayload..." line in grub allowed the + radeon driver to work. + + WORKAROUND: Removed vt.handoff and replace: + set gfxpayload=text + + with: + set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-21-generic 3.2.0-21.34 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic 3.2.13 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Apr 1 21:26:47 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=d1830ce6-1bf3-4f92-9562-0278a9576ed2 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328) MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name ProcEnviron: - TERM=xterm - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + TERM=xterm + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-21-generic root=UUID=6f0f8242-c831-45df-af15-efefba5f7edb ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RfKill: - 0: phy0: Wireless LAN - Soft blocked: no - Hard blocked: no + 0: phy0: Wireless LAN + Soft blocked: no + Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/19/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2304 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: M4A79T Deluxe dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2304:bd11/19/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4A79TDeluxe:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971204 Title: graphics fails with setgfxpayload=keep, AMD Radeon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/971204/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
