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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #505095
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 505095

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SpmP (scarletpimpernal) wrote :

Wow, it was pretty cool watching the files hit the repository!
 Unfortunatley this didnt solve the problem for me, but created some new errors, heres the tail end of the X log:

[ 0.099440] (WW) xf86CloseConsole: KDSETMODE failed: Bad file descriptor
[ 0.099479] (WW) xf86CloseConsole: VT_GETMODE failed: Bad file descriptor
[ 0.099501] (WW) xf86OpenConsole: VT_GETSTATE failed: Bad file descriptor
 ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log

That is with the latest [blah]ubuntu2 ati and radeon driver.
 I have been having the failsafe graphics mode problem on and off for a while now, was sometimes fixed by restarting, but not after upgrading this morning.

Amazing turnaround on this tho!

I am booting with the following kernel parameters to solve noe desktop backgrounds etc:
radeon.agpmode=-1 radeon.modeset=1

Hope this helps. Any other ideas?