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Lothium

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Registered: 2009-10-10

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KMS doesn't work with kernel26-bfs 2.6.31-303.3

Hey together!
I use the kernel26-bfs 2.6.31-303.3 from AUR and I activated in the config file the parameter to use KMS. I use the xf86-video-ati 6.12.4-1 driver. I tried both methods from the wiki to activate kms, but with both methods, the screen suddenly goes black and my system starts right. But in KDE, I only see the mousepointer and the rest of the screen is black. When I press Alt+F2 to start krunner, a grey shadow appears and I can use krunner, but I just see this "shadow" of krunner. Hard to describe.
I have an ATI mobility Radeon X700 and I renamed my xorg.conf. Also I have no vga entry or something else in my menu.lst. When I try to switch to console with Strg+Alt+F1 , the whole sceen shows black and white lines. Now I use my laptop with the "nomodeset" parameter to deactivate kms.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Lothium

ngoonee

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Re: KMS doesn't work with kernel26-bfs 2.6.31-303.3

Well, does it work on the stock kernel26 2.6.31 in [testing]?

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Lothium

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Registered: 2009-10-10

Posts: 192

Re: KMS doesn't work with kernel26-bfs 2.6.31-303.3

No, same problem here. First black screen and than in KDE all black, just the mousepointer is visible and I only see shadows of the programs but nothing else (I restart the system blind by pressing alt+F2, konsole, su + password and then shutdown -r now).

Lothium

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Registered: 2009-10-10

Posts: 192

Re: KMS doesn't work with kernel26-bfs 2.6.31-303.3

Seems that nobody has an idea so I have to wait till problem fixes itself.

Best regards!

iggy

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From: Germany, L.E. - Leipzig

Registered: 2004-10-17

Posts: 367

Re: KMS doesn't work with kernel26-bfs 2.6.31-303.3

same problem here.

kernel 2.6.31.4-1
ati-dri: 7.5.1-2
mesa: 7.5.1-2
libgl: 7.5.1-2
xf86-video-ati: 6.12.4-1

xorg: driver "radeon" (same without xorg.conf)

kdm works, after logging into kde, the screen turns white and then to black. i can only see the mouse pointer and the shadows of the programs.

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Lothium

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Registered: 2009-10-10

Posts: 192

Re: KMS doesn't work with kernel26-bfs 2.6.31-303.3

Sorry, but I have not found any solution for this problem. The new drivers from the testing repo also doesn't fix the problem.