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FS#34098 - [linux] linux-3.8.x system freeze during boot-up

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Octavian Florea (musta ruhtinas) - Friday, 01 March 2013, 23:02 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 10:38 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Testing
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: System will freeze during boot-up at the moment kms kicks in and screen changes resolution. Graphical artifacts appear (color stripes covering about a quarter of the screen) and the system becomes completely unresponsive. Power button will not work, the only way to shutdown and reboot is to unplug. Behaviour specific to kernel 3.8.x only, 3.7.9 and previous working without issue.


Additional info:
* linux-3.8.x, testing repo enabled and up-to-date
* 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Wrestler [Radeon HD 6290]


Steps to reproduce:

install 3.8.x kernel from testing repo
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Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 10:38 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  3.9.0-1
Comment by Raphaël Bois (vdust) - Monday, 08 April 2013, 01:17 GMT
I just got confronted to the same issue after system upgrade + reboot (system up-to-date with testing repo disabled): got a blackscreen (with backlight on) after the screen flashed white.

linux-3.8.5 -> black screen and freeze. Can boot with 'radeon.modeset=0'
linux-3.7.10 -> works fine with 'radeon.modeset=1'

04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV670PRO [Radeon HD 3850]


Is there any lead on this one ? I find it problematic it got past 'testing' without being fixed...
Comment by Octavian Florea (musta ruhtinas) - Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 10:15 GMT
I have just updated the kernel to 3.9 from testing and the system boots normally, without any kms issue, so I assume whatever 3.8.x broke is now fixed.

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