No display signal after boot with Radeon Xpress 200

egg-box · 01-05-2008, 11:16 AM

Hi Guys,

I've got an odd problem here, which my very limited linux knowledge seems unable to solve!

This happens on both FC8 (x86) and openSUSE 10 (x86_64), so it's definitly not distro specific. Let me tell you what happens when i boot up in SUSE:

During boot, my monitor blanks and reports no signal. I **think** this is as it is starting X, but i'm not sure because the text moves too fast to let me see what bootup event preceeds this blackout.

I have tried the following suggestions already, with no luck:
Installed ATI drivers - no change
Checked xorg.conf - all resolutions listed are ok
Ran "#sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx" - which also blanked my screen
Used "#init 3" - which just gave me command line
Used "#init 5" - which blanked my screen

Some of the above may not even be relevant, but regardless, i'm out of ideas!

Any help would be most appreciated.

Thanks,
Justin

egg-box · 01-05-2008, 11:22 AM

Sorry i forgot to mention,
I am able to SSH into my box, which is how I was able to try all those steps mentioned!

revenge80200 · 01-05-2008, 11:53 AM

Would you be so kind as to post both your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and the error output, assuming there is one, that X generates when it attempts to start.

Thanks,
Eric.

Also, your system information would be nice. I see that you have tried an X86 and X86-64. I assume that you have a 64bit system.

egg-box · 01-05-2008, 12:28 PM

Hi Eric,
Here is my xorg.conf file contents:

Quote:

# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2008-01-05T15:38:12+0000.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
EndSection

Section "Files"
InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Driver "kbd"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
Option "XkbModel" "microsoftpro"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Name" "Logitech M-UV69a Optical Wheel Mouse"
Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
ModeLine "1024x768" 64.1 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795
ModeLine "1024x600" 49.0 1024 1064 1168 1312 600 601 604 622
ModeLine "800x600" 38.2 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 622
ModeLine "768x576" 35.0 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 597
ModeLine "640x480" 23.9 640 656 720 800 480 481 484 497
ModeLine "1024x768" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
VendorName "--> VESA"
ModelName "1024X768@60HZ"
UseModes "Modes[0]"
HorizSync 29.0 - 48.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 60.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Driver "radeon"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "Radeon XPRESS 200 5A41 (PCIE)"
Option "GARTSize" "32"
BusID "1:5:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Device "Device[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection

Unfortunalty I am unable to find any kind of error output!

My system is 64bit - an Intel Celeron D running on an Asus P5RD1-V mainborad.

Thanks in advance,
Justin