Yes, anyone can run apport-collect <bugnumber>, assuming there is not a build error in the package that the bug is assigned to (xserver-xorg- video-ati in this case) like there was in the Intel graphics driver for a while during Lucid development.
And yes, nomodeset should be forcing UMS. However I found some reports in the forums that nomodeset is not working for some people, both on ATI and Intel graphics. An alternative option which seems to work is radeon.modeset=0 However I emailed ATI's Alex Deucher about the patch I mentioned in the second paragraph of comment 17. This is his reply: > I'm unsure as to what it is supposed to do/fix. Would you be able to > explain briefly for me, with references if necessary? It just expands the possible crtc mask for the output when mapping the the kms stuff to xrandr. evergreen cards have 6 crtcs. The old mask would have limited it to 4 IIRC. It only affects cards capable of more than 4 independent heads. > > In particular, does it have any relevance to the Launchpad bugs at > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/569372 > and > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/560306 > ? No relevance. Your best bet for evergreen is kms. The ums modesetting code doesn't work well for digital outputs and I haven't had time to sort out why. -- 10.4 Live CD - Blank screen with Radeon 5870 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/569372 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
