#653079 xorg: Xorg fails to initialize in testing branch on Radeon

Package:
xorg
Source:
xorg
Description:
X.Org X Window System
Submitter:
Joji Antony
Date:
2014-09-26 23:03:30 UTC
Severity:
normal
#653079#5
Date:
2011-12-23 16:44:37 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
      The recent sudo apt-get dist-upgrade has lead to breaking the xorg from loading properly on my Debian Wheezy.
      I had added the following lines to my .bashrc to start my XFCE

      if [ "$(tty)" = "/dev/tty1" ]; then
         exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session startxfce4
         logout
      fi

      With latest update my X would no longer start the first time.
      The second time I log in at tty1 it starts normally. (Log file attached)

    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
       ineffective)?

       The error was that radeon driver was not loaded before X started to initialize.
       I had added the following line just before the exec command
       sudo modprobe radeon

   * What was the outcome of this action?
      Now X works perfectly
#653079#10
Date:
2011-12-23 19:14:36 UTC
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You need to figure out why it isn't getting loaded automatically by udev
(this should happen on its own on boot).

Cheers,
Julien
#653079#15
Date:
2014-09-25 23:25:32 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

    * What led up to the situation?

    I was running Wheezy; upon dist-upgrade to
    testing, I am faced with the console login prompt rather than kdm.

    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
      ineffective)?

    I tried running "startx" from the command line, which resulted in a
fatal server error: no screens found.
    I also checked the Xorg log, where I found the same error.
    I tried booting with the backported kernel I was using under Wheezy
(linux-image-3.14-0.bpo.2-amd64).
    I tried (with the default Jessie kernel): sudo modprobe radeon;
startx. The result was an error saying:
    "xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused"
#653079#20
Date:
2014-09-26 21:52:46 UTC
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I should also add that this bug report (#653079) didn't come up when I
was doing my web searches. I also did not notice that the bug was
several years old until immediately after I posted my report. I did not
experience this problem while running Wheezy, so it appears to me to be
a new problem. It is a severe problem since the machine is no longer
practically usable without the graphical interface and I have not been
able to find a workaround on Jessie.
#653079#27
Date:
2014-09-26 23:01:26 UTC
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Please file your own bug.

Cheers,
Julien