Re: Linux 2.6.3-rc3

[Jonathan Brown <jbrown@emergence.uk.net>]

Peter Osterlund wrote:
>>Benjamin Herrenschmidt:
>>  o New radeonfb
>>  o Fix a link conflict between radeonfb and the radeon DRI
>>  o Fix incorrect kfree in radeonfb
> 
> 
> It doesn't seem to work on my x86 laptop. The screen goes black when
> the framebuffer is enabled early in the boot sequence. The machine
> boots normally anyway and I can log in from the network or log in
> blindly at the console. I can then start the X server which appears to
> work correctly, but switching back to a console still gives me a black
> screen. Running "setfont" doesn't fix it. Here is what dmesg reports
> when running 2.6.3-rc3:

I also get a black screen on boot on my IBM X31, but pressing Fn+F7 a 
couple of times brings it up. Fn+F7 switches between LCD, monitor and 
both. Here is my dmesg:

radeonfb: Invalid ROM signature 0 should be 0xaa55
radeonfb: Retreived PLL infos from BIOS
radeonfb: Reference=27.00 MHz (RefDiv=60) Memory=144.00 Mhz, 
System=144.00 MHz
Non-DDC laptop panel detected
radeonfb: Monitor 1 type LCD found
radeonfb: Monitor 2 type no found
radeonfb: panel ID string: 1024x768
radeonfb: detected LVDS panel size from BIOS: 1024x768
radeondb: BIOS provided dividers will be used
radeonfb: Power Management enabled for Mobility chipsets
radeonfb: ATI Radeon LY  DDR SGRAM 16 MB