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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas Orgis, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been
any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an
issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development
release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in
the development release from a Terminal
(Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather
and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the daily kernel folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.11.1

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's
Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your
understanding.

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Incomplete

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Title:
  [RV690] flicker on startup, dead black screen after some time with
  lucid if KMS enabled (Needs DVI quirk)

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati

  It is tricky to determine if this issue is the same as one reported in
  the several bugs about freezes / black screens, so I'm making a new
  one...

  I installed a amd64 ubuntu lucid lynx beta1 system on a box with a Foxconn mainboard that features integrated radeon graphics, namely RS690. The system has all current updates as of last saturday.
  I notice some things, possible related to the final freeze/crash/whatever:

  1. Multiple flickering on startup, sortof in intervals of about a
  second. This includes the plymouth splash screen and the desktop after
  it appeared (automatic login) for some time. Annoying but not fatal as
  such, as it seems to stop, generally (maybe reappears once on certain
  actions, like starting a video player).

  2. There is only a VGA connector and there the monitor is connected.
  The radeon driver complains about bad EDID data for the DVI port,
  multiple times. Well, there is no physical DVI port.

  3. After some undetermined time of usage, the screen suddenty goes
  black, and I am unable to reach a console. I need to have a second
  computer to get debugging, I guess. The machine is not frozen, but the
  screen is gone.

  This persists with a self-built 2.6.33.2-rt13 kernel (since this is
  supposed to be an audio workstation) in the same manner, with the
  linux-rt kernel it was a bit different (for example, I needed to fix
  the resolution in xorg.conf because with that kernel a wrong one is
  detected), I did not spend enough time with it to trigger that black
  screen ... or indeed it does not happen there.

  I'll try starting with nomodeset ... then examine if there are still options like switching back to XAA (that worked in the past for the buggy intel drivers) ... or resort to VESA. I actually have no time to debug Xorg issues on that box, but well... do I have a choice? With another non-ubuntu system (older Xorg at least, kernel version about the same), this never occured. So it might have to do with the recent enable of KMS, or acceleration architecture updates.
  --- 
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/seq:        musiker    1797 F.... qjackctl.bin
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe7f8000 irq 16'
     Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC883'
     Components	: 'HDA:10ec0883,105b0c8c,00100002'
     Controls      : 28
     Simple ctrls  : 17
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Frequency: I don't know.
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=fe1f2b79-1cb9-4b0a-87c3-cd2aecac0d67
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
  IwConfig:
   lo        no wireless extensions.
   
   eth0      no wireless extensions.
   
   ppp0      no wireless extensions.
  MachineType: FOXCONN RS690M2MA
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=1ffb8723-173a-4118-9350-13115ffe0b04 ro quiet splash
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=C
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
  Regression: Yes
  RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
  Reproducible: No
  RfKill:
   
  Tags: lucid graphics regression-release needs-upstream-testing
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
  UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin plugdev sambashare video
  dmi.bios.date: 05/26/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 080014
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: A690GM2MA/A690VM2MA
  dmi.board.vendor: FOXCONN
  dmi.board.version: 0A
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080014:bd05/26/2008:svnFOXCONN:pnRS690M2MA:pvr0A:rvnFOXCONN:rnA690GM2MA/A690VM2MA:rvr0A:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: RS690M2MA
  dmi.product.version: 0A
  dmi.sys.vendor: FOXCONN

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