Problems with ATI Radeon in Fedora

[davs]

hi !
For a time now, that I have having some troubles with Fedora.
To be precise, troubles relative to the video card.

I've installed Fedora 15, 14 and 12 to see if this glitch would disapear, without any luck.

I've been for days and days trying to resolve this, and since I'm new to any type of linux OS, I can't dd anything .

Can someone help-me please ?
The glitch makes some horizontal lines to show up, mouse becomes a blank square, making text impossible to read.

The netbook is a Packard Bell DOT_M/A.PT/702

Many thanks.

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

First, we'll need a little more info about the graphics card. Open up a terminal window, and type the following two commands:

lspci -vnn

and

lsmod

Post the output back here.

[davs]

Hello.
here is the output .
I've re-installed Fedora 14. Until now, nothing show up, but never know. I'm gonna wait until the end of updates to confirm if its ok or not.
THanks for the help, Jayd512


[root@davs davs]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
aes_i586 7138 1
aes_generic 26460 1 aes_i586
fuse 51432 3
ip6t_REJECT 3470 2
nf_conntrack_ipv6 14441 2
ip6table_filter 1207 1
ip6_tables 9929 1 ip6table_filter
ipv6 229420 14 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
uinput 5228 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 210495 1
snd_hda_intel 20083 2
arc4 1085 2
ecb 1595 2
snd_hda_codec 71701 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
ath9k 72901 0
snd_hwdep 4795 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq 43447 0
snd_seq_device 5056 1 snd_seq
snd_pcm 61769 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
ath9k_common 4442 1 ath9k
ath9k_hw 262477 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath 7145 2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
mac80211 188441 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
snd_timer 15435 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
cfg80211 110779 4 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath,mac80211
uvcvideo 48373 0
snd 47357 12 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec, snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
microcode 11139 0
videodev 34991 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 11382 2 uvcvideo,videodev
wmi 6667 0
r8169 31745 0
soundcore 5088 1 snd
k8temp 2971 0
rfkill 13652 2 cfg80211
joydev 7270 0
i2c_piix4 10534 0
mii 3578 1 r8169
snd_page_alloc 6180 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
serio_raw 3589 0
pata_acpi 2331 0
ata_generic 2399 0
video 17730 0
pata_atiixp 2976 0
output 1625 1 video
radeon 554188 2
ttm 44894 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 22088 1 radeon
drm 139250 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 4197 1 radeon
i2c_core 21328 6 videodev,i2c_piix4,radeon,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_a lgo_bit
[root@davs davs]#


[root@davs davs]# lspci -vnn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge [1002:7910]
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:028c]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64

00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx) [1002:7912] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Memory behind bridge: f0000000-f01fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff
Capabilities: [44] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx) [1002:7912]

00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 1) [1002:7915] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
Memory behind bridge: f0300000-f03fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000cfd00000-00000000cfdfffff
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:028c]
Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 2) [1002:7916] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: f0200000-f02fffff
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:028c]
Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:12.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA [1002:4380] (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:028c]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
I/O ports at 8440 [size=8]
I/O ports at 8434 [size=4]
I/O ports at 8438 [size=8]
I/O ports at 8430 [size=4]
I/O ports at 8400 [size=16]
Memory at f0508000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) [1002:4387] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:028c]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at f0504000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) [1002:4388] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:028c]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
Memory at f0505000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.3 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) [1002:438a] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:028c]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
Memory at f0506000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.4 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) [1002:438b] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:028c]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at f0507000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) [1002:4386] (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:028c]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
Memory at f0508400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [e4] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00e0
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 14)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:028c]
Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
I/O ports at 8410 [size=16]
Capabilities: [b0] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable- Fixed+
Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-piix4

00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE [1002:438c] (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:028c]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at 8420 [size=16]
Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
Kernel modules: pata_atiixp

00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383]
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:028c]
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at f0500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge [1002:438d]
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:028c]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0

00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384] (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=09, subordinate=09, sec-latency=64

00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: [80] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface

00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: [f0] Secure device <?>
Kernel driver in use: k8temp
Kernel modules: k8temp

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series] [1002:791f] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:028c]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f0100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeon

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:028c]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42
I/O ports at a000 [size=256]
Memory at cfdef000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at cfdf0000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at cfd00000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
Capabilities: [ac] MSI-X: Enable- Count=2 Masked-
Capabilities: [cc] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169

04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:e016]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at f0200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-15-17-ff-ff-24-14-12
Capabilities: [170] Power Budgeting <?>
Kernel driver in use: ath9k
Kernel modules: ath9k

[davs]

Yep, the glitch is back. woooowoooo x)
anyone know if its there any solution ?
Many Thanks

[jayd512]

Do you have any specific programs running when this happens?
After the 'glitch' occurs, open a terminal again, and do:

dmesg | grep VGA

[davs]

nop.
From nothing, it just show up horizontal lines.
Today, has happened when I used Firefox.
In other days, something simple like using Kate ( for university works) the horizontal lines just showed up.
Im going to try that and the I will repost .

[jayd512]

Better yet, when you reply, post the output of this instead:

tail -20 /var/log/dmesg

[davs]

[davs@davs ~]$ tail -20 /var/log/dmesg
[ 16.166524] ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:4439: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 16.166530] ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:4443: hp_outs=1 (0x21/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 16.166536] ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:4444: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 16.166541] ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:4455: inputs: mic=0x18, fmic=0x12, line=0x0, fline=0x0, cd=0x0, aux=0x0
[ 16.167793] ALSA sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c:1358: realtek: No valid SSID, checking pincfg 0x4016892d for NID 0x1d
[ 16.167800] ALSA sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c:1374: realtek: Enabling init ASM_ID=0x892d CODEC_ID=10ec0272
[ 16.766905] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: PT
[ 16.795282] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: PT
[ 16.795288] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 16.795295] (2402000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[ 16.795300] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[ 16.795305] (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[ 16.795310] (5490000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2700 mBm)
[ 21.063813] EXT4-fs (dm-0): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
[ 22.423878] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 22.438258] SELinux: initialized (dev sda1, type ext4), uses xattr
[ 22.591231] EXT4-fs (dm-2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 22.591255] SELinux: initialized (dev dm-2, type ext4), uses xattr
[ 24.663152] Adding 1540092k swap on /dev/mapper/vg_davs-lv_swap. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1540092k
[ 24.668525] SELinux: initialized (dev binfmt_misc, type binfmt_misc), uses genfs_contexts
[davs@davs ~]$ <

[jackyboy633]

Do the graphics work fine when you add 'nomodeset' (without the quotes) to your boot options in the GRUB menu. This starts your graphics in failsafe mode. If you need any help doing this, just reply to me.

Hope this helps

Jackyboy633

[jayd512]

I'm at a bit of a loss here.
Does this also happen if you run from Fedoras LiveCD?
Or is it present in other distros?