From: <bug...@bu...> - 2010-02-08 21:36:58
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http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15166 --- Comment #18 from Manuel Ullmann <ull...@gm...> 2010-02-08 21:36:46 --- Created an attachment (id=24955) --> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=24955) relevant lines of dmesg, when the kernel boots up without firmware I found accidentally the piece of code, which causes the system freeze. I was searching for a reason for the 20% CPU-load of X and thought this could be radeon-ucode (I didn´t know at this point, that this is built into all kernel-releases except for release candidates; well, i guess now that the experimental drivers alone are the reason). So I removed radeon-ucode from kernel configuration and rebooted. I was wondering, why the kernel took about 2 minutes to boot, but when it started, brightness control and blanking the screen worked. A look into dmesg (see attachement) showed me unfortunately, that the kernel was missing firmware for radeon and had for this reason deactivated GPU acceleration. To be specific, the firmware is: R600_rlc.bin for me in /lib/firmware/radeon/ The kernel waits ca. 1 min. before continuing the boot sequence without it. 2.6.33-rc5 hangs without it, so it "works" only with 2.6.33-rc6 and rc7. So I think, until the firmware is not updated, kms won´t be usable for me. Any other suggestions? Do you need some more debug outputs? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching the assignee of the bug. |