Control: clone -1 -2 Control: reassign -1 src:linux 3.16.5-1 Control: reassign -1 linux-image-3.16-3-amd64: Blank screen on Radeon HD 7850 if radeon auto-loaded
On Sun, 2014-11-02 at 18:16 +0100, Frederik Himpe wrote: > On zo, 2014-11-02 at 15:59 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > If you specify a module parameter on the kernel command line, that > > overrides the configuration files (but not the modprobe command line). > > Anyway, this is not controlled by the kernel but by modprobe. > > > > The behaviour of modprobe doesn't seem to be properly documented so I'm > > reassigning this accordingly. > > Yes, I understand this behaviour, however: > > - why does modprobe radeon without any option (nor at the shell command > line, nor somewhere in /etc/modprobe.d) complain about invalid argument, > and that UMS is not supported? Because you set modeset=0 on the kernel command line, and that still applies. > - why does my system just give me a blank screen if I don't explicitly > start it with the modeset=0, while it was working fine for years with > KMS? This is the main problem for me. OK, sorry, I'm assigning this back to the kernel. Please can you report this at <https://bugs.freeedesktop.org> under product 'DRI', component 'DRM/Radeon'. Let us know the bug number or URL so we can track it. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular. - Adlai Stevenson
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