Created attachment 144837 [details]
dmesg output after blacklisting radeon, then enabling it after boot
I have a laptop with a Radeon Mobility 3670. With KMS disabled I can boot
normally; however, otherwise it typically locks hard as soon as modesetting
happens, with an odd effect where the screen gradually fades to being nearly
completely white. (I can provide video if for some reason this would help).
However, on occasion (rarely) it will flicker for a second, successfully sw=
itch
modes, spit out "Timeout setting UVD clocks", and then carry on c=
orrectly.
Given that this happens very early in the boot, and hard locks the system, =
I've
taken to blacklisting radeon in my boot parameters, then doing a "sudo=
modprobe
radeon" after logging in and crossing my fingers. Attached is dmesg ou=
tput from
such a case - note the delay between lines 918 and 919 as boot finished, I
logged in, and then ran modprobe. Lines 950-955 show the errors that get ec=
hoed
as the system then successfully switches modes.
(blacklisting until after boot isn't the only way to get it working - it ju=
st
happens to give me more of a sense of control than repeatedly power-cycling=
and
hoping the system boots normally.)
The closest example I could find on search was 16389 - however none of the
workarounds there help, and when the screen fades the machine is subsequent=
ly
completely unreponsive.
Debian 10 buster, 1:19.0.1-1