[Bug 1056468] Re: monitor inactive during plymouth animation (radeon, fallback to /dev/fb0)

[Steve Langasek]

[ply-renderer.c]                      ply_renderer_open_plugin:trying to open renderer plugin /lib/plymouth/renderers/drm.so
[./plugin.c]                                create_backend:creating renderer backend for device /dev/dri/card0
[./plugin.c]                                   load_driver:Attempting to load driver 'radeon'
[...]
[./plugin.c]                                  query_device:Could not initialize heads
[ply-renderer.c]                      ply_renderer_open_plugin:could not query rendering device for plugin /lib/plymouth/renderers/drm.so
[./plugin.c]                                  close_device:closing device
[./plugin.c]                                 unload_driver:unloading driver
[ply-renderer.c]                      ply_renderer_open_plugin:trying to open renderer plugin /lib/plymouth/renderers/frame-buffer.so
[./plugin.c]                                create_backend:creating renderer backend for device /dev/fb0
[...]
[./plugin.c]                                  query_device:32 bpp (8, 8, 8, 0) with rowstride 6912
[./plugin.c]                               initialize_head:initializing 1680x1050 head
[ply-renderer.c]                      ply_renderer_open_plugin:opened renderer plugin /lib/plymouth/renderers/frame-buffer.so

So this appears to be opening the framebuffer at the right resolution,
which suggests it ought to work.  However, it *should* be opening with
the DRM driver, and this is failing, leading to a fallback to the
framebuffer driver.


** Summary changed:

- monitor inactive during plymouth animation
+ monitor inactive during plymouth animation (radeon, fallback to /dev/fb0)

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Title:
  monitor inactive during plymouth animation (radeon, fallback to
  /dev/fb0)

Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Hello,

  my monitor is inactive during plymouth animation, like there was no video signal,  and reactivate when X starts.
  Thanks for your help.

  LGDN.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: plymouth 0.8.4-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.23-generic 3.5.4
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Sep 25 23:12:45 2012
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  MachineType: MSI MS-7752
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-15-generic root=UUID=0f08ee3a-4677-4c05-ab94-5d9805be3326 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-15-generic root=UUID=0f08ee3a-4677-4c05-ab94-5d9805be3326 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-15 (10 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 06/19/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: V2.5
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)
  dmi.board.vendor: MSI
  dmi.board.version: 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI
  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV2.5:bd06/19/2012:svnMSI:pnMS-7752:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnZ77A-G45(MS-7752):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0:
  dmi.product.name: MS-7752
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: MSI

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