Comment 19 for bug 273510

I found a workaround for my situation, www.linuxtipsandtricks.com

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Omar Samad

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:43 AM, Magnus Melin <email address hidden> wrote:
> I've got this too - ATI RADEON 9000.
> Black screen with the live cd normal mode, then chose graphics safe mode - which worked fine. After installing, just a black screen when the kde login screen should appear :(
>
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> ati RV610, black screen at logon screen on 1st boot after install
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273510
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> Status in X.org XServer - ATI gfx chipset driver: Confirmed
> Status in "xserver-xorg-video-ati" source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
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> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: debian-installer
>
> Steps to replicate bug:
> Install from alternative install CD.
> Installation finishes successfully.
> Boot into the new install and the Ubuntu 'loading' screen can be seen.
> Gnome login screen should now be seen but instead the login drums can be heard but the screen is black.
> I can log in with my details but still the screen is black.
>
> Video card details from 8.04.1 install:
>
> nix@ubuntuHardy:~$ lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
> 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter (rev a0)
> 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV610 video device [Radeon HD 2400 PRO]
> 04:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV610 audio device [Radeon HD 2400 PRO]
>
>
> Possibly this has something to do with the development with the radeonhd driver?
>
> I'm not sure which release as I could not see the desktop but I tried with the last two daily i386 alternative install Intrepid Ibex CD builds.
>