Bug #17379

black screen after the greeter with AMD Radeon HD 7520G

Added by goupille 2019-12-28 14:11:24 . Updated 2020-02-07 13:46:52 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
intrigeri
Category:
Hardware support
Target version:
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
Type of work:
Graphics
Blueprint:

Starter:
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Description

A user reported having this issue since the upgrade to tails 4.0 (no issue with tails 3.9).
Adding the following parameter to the boot options[https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/startup_options/#boot_loader_menu] soved the issue :

radeon.modeset=0

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Bug #12482: Stuck on 'Start job waiting...' using Radeon driver with 3.0-betax Rejected 2017-04-26

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2019-12-28 15:21:22

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress

Applied in changeset commit:tails|a6d6a1e8524fbbde8cbbabb0a7ac11b835150d6d.

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2019-12-28 15:22:59

  • related to Bug #12482: Stuck on 'Start job waiting...' using Radeon driver with 3.0-betax added

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2019-12-28 15:24:12

  • Category set to Hardware support
  • Assignee changed from intrigeri to goupille

I’ve added this card to the list on support/known_issues/graphics (that workaround was already documented there).
But the entry I’ve added is incomplete. I could complete it if you gave me the output of lspci -nn on the affected system. If you can’t, please close this ticket.

#4 Updated by goupille 2020-01-06 19:33:52

  • Assignee changed from goupille to intrigeri
  • Type of work changed from Research to Graphics

the gpu full name is

VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Trinity [Radeon HD 7520G] [1002:9990]

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2020-02-07 13:46:52

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

Applied in changeset commit:tails|eb27c0b9c7994540da3bd28d45280658e9945c61.