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[Waldemar <1318202@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We had intermittent boot failures with Radeon 4000 chipsets using the
radeon driver. Setting nomodeset cleared the issue, but the box came up
in the wrong resolution. Finally it seems to have been fixed by updating
to the utopic kernel (at which point it boots without requiring
nomodeset), so is this a known kernel  bug, that I cannot find? And if
so, any chance of backporting the fix to the Trusty kernel?

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Title:
  System won't boot unless nomodeset option is selected [ubuntu 14.04]

Status in xserver-xorg-video-ati package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Hardware: Asus K53BR
  Ubuntu 14.04 64bit won't boot unlesss 'nomodeset' option is enabled.
  Here is relevant section from Xorg.0.log I believe:

  [    38.297] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
  [    38.298] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
  [    38.298] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
  [    38.298] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
  [    38.298] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
  [    38.298] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
  [    38.299] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
  [    38.299] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
  [    38.299] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
  [    38.299] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
  [    38.299] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
  [    38.300] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
  [    38.314] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
  [    38.315] 	compiled for 1.15.1, module version = 0.0.2
  [    38.315] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 15.0
  [    38.315] (**) FBDEV(8): claimed PCI slot 0@0:1:0
  [    38.315] (II) FBDEV(8): using default device
  [    38.315] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
  [    38.315] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
  [    38.315] (II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
  [    38.315] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
  [    38.315] (II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
  [    38.315] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
  [    38.315] (II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
  [    38.315] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
  [    38.315] (II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
  [    38.315] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
  [    38.315] (II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
  [    38.315] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
  [    38.315] (II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
  [    38.316] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
  [    38.316] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
  [    38.316] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
  [    38.316] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  .tmp.unity.support.test.1:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sat May 10 18:37:28 2014
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
  GraphicsCard:
   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 6320] [1002:9806] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:2108]
   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series] [1002:6760] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Radeon HD 7470M [1043:2108]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-10 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K53BR
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=b9724cb2-3973-4605-85f1-2f1777afd02a ro nomodeset quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  Renderer: Software
  SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 04/25/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 207
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: K53BR
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  dmi.board.version: 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr207:bd04/25/2012:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnK53BR:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnK53BR:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
  dmi.product.name: K53BR
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
  xserver.bootTime: Sat May 10 18:30:55 2014
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:
   
  xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2

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