linux-kernel - Re: radeon KMS (R100) on dell inspiron 5100 blank screen

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Date:	Sun, 25 Sep 2011 07:39:08 +0100
From:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: radeon KMS (R100) on dell inspiron 5100 blank screen

>> Here's the relevent dmesg:
>>
>> [drm] radeon defaulting to kernel modesetting.
>> [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
>> [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (RV200 0x1002:0x4C57).
>> [drm] register mmio base: 0xFCFF0000
>> [drm] register mmio size: 65536
>> radeon 0000:01:00.0: Invalid ROM contents
>> radeon 0000:01:00.0: Invalid ROM contents
>> [drm:radeon_get_bios] *ERROR* Unable to locate a BIOS ROM

^^ this is  strange on an x86 machine, we should always be able to find a BIOS,

The only thing I can think off is the BIOS is corrupted somehow,

if you run nomodeset can you get an Xorg.0.log?

Dave.
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