Re: radeon black screen

From	Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: radeon black screen
Date	2017-03-14 00:40 +0100
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Catherine Gramze composed on 2017-03-13 18:49 (UTC-0400):

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>> appear? If Plymouth is installed, have you tried removing it?

Is Plymouth installed?

>> monitor. Of course, the obvious issues with my graphics card means I don't
>> Did you try the driver that supports both gfxchips? Devs are trying to get
>> away from chip-specific drivers:
>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-De
>> bian-Abandon-Intel-DDX

>> In Jessie the modesetting driver is still a separate package, but
>> beginning in server 1.17 it's built into the server. With the modesetting X
>> driver installed and ATI and Intel drivers purged, modesetting ought to be
>> used automatically for both chips, unless that R9 270X, which according to
>> Wikipedia doesn't seem to exist, is too new to be supported without
>> enabling any optional repo, or at all.

> I have to go into way back memory mode, the Wheezy days, to remember when
> it goes blank using the Catalyst driver. IIRC it simply never displays
> anything at all until I get the graphical login screen at native 4K
> resolution. I suspect my Dell doesn't like the low resolution.
> http://www1.la.dell.com/vc/en/corp/peripherals/dell-p2415q-monitor/pd.aspx?refid=dell-p2415q-monitor&s=corp

> My videocard does exist. It' not a new card, but a few years old.
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430258,00.asp

According to that URI it is a refresh of Radeon HD 7870 that apparently nobody 
ever updated Wikipedia to include. The Radeon HD 7870 is a Pitcairn XT (Southern 
Islands), originally released 5 years ago.

> What do you mean by the driver that supports gfxchips? The ATI driver for

What I wrote was "driver that supports 'both' gfxchips". I meant these drivers:

http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/debian/pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-modesetting/

Simplest way to use is purge all traces of Intel, proprietary and AMD/ATI 
drivers, install xserver-xorg-video-modesetting, then restart. Ideally it would 
be used automatically by both the Pitcairn and the gfx built into whatever Intel 
CPU is onboard your MSI Z87-43G, assuming both are actually usable.....

> my card, fglrx, is not supported in Jessie. The Debian wiki says so very
> clearly. And the Debian radeon driver seems to simply not work. Blank
> screen that never displays anything, even after waiting 15 or 20 minutes.
> There is a newer ATI proprietary driver, but my card is not supported by
> it, as of last time I checked. Only newer cards than mine are supported.

> I thank you for your advice on this - it is an annoying thing
I've not tried to find and read the manual for your motherboard, but it's 
typical that installation of a gfxcard in a PCIe slot defeats the ability to use 
the onboard gfx. In some cases, it is supported, but requires special BIOS 
configuration. It may be lack of support for your several year old Pitcairn is 
actually blocked by a motherboard BIOS/Firmware/Setup setting that enables use 
of Intel onboard gfx, not by anything Jessie is doing.
-- 
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words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)

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                Re: Apology to siduction 17.01 (was Re: why??why?why??) Catherine Gramze <rhiamom@mac.com> - 2017-03-13 22:00 +0100
                Re: radeon black screen (was: Apology to siduction...) Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-03-13 23:00 +0100
                Re: radeon black screen (was: Apology to siduction...) Catherine Gramze <rhiamom@gmail.com> - 2017-03-14 00:00 +0100
                Re: radeon black screen Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-03-14 00:40 +0100
                Re: radeon black screen Catherine Gramze <rhiamom@gmail.com> - 2017-03-14 02:00 +0100
                Re: radeon black screen Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-03-14 03:00 +0100
                Re: radeon black screen David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-03-14 05:50 +0100
                Re: radeon black screen Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-03-14 06:20 +0100
                Re: radeon black screen Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-03-14 06:40 +0100
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