[Assist] ati radeon -- blank screen

[Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli]

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On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:14:07 +0200
mtjm at mtjm.eu (Michał Masłowski) wrote:

> It doesn't work without firmware on recent cards, this one might be
> new enough.  Use nomodeset and the VESA driver, xf86-video-vesa.

It doesn't work without the firmware on recent *kernels versions* with
modesetting.

The main issue with vesa is that some resolutions might not be
available. I wonder if tools like i915resolution exist for the radeon
video bios.

Also I had no success with vt console switching in VESA. (switch
between Xorg and tty).

Denis.
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