Bug 189251 - ATI RS880M, screen goes all white on console instead of blank
Summary: ATI RS880M, screen goes all white on console instead of blank
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Alias: None
Product: Drivers
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Console/Framebuffers (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 normal
Assignee: James Simmons
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Reported: 2016-11-28 18:48 UTC by Olaf Hering
Modified: 2018-02-20 13:07 UTC (History)
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Kernel Version: 2.6, 3.0,4.8
Subsystem:
Regression: No
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dmesg-4.8.11-probook.txt (72.78 KB, text/plain)
2016-11-28 18:48 UTC, Olaf Hering 		Details
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Description Olaf Hering 2016-11-28 18:48:59 UTC 
Created attachment 246011 [details]
dmesg-4.8.11-probook.txt

Ever since I have this HP ProBook 6555b and need to run a force fsck during boot after the crash, the console screen is not blanked. Instead its all white.
I think that started already with openSUSE 11.3 and its kernel 2.6.34, and continued up to now with openSUSE Tumbleweed and its kernel 4.8. Just today I had to boot with fsck.mode=force after crash, and the screen still turned white instead of being powered off. So here I am.

Some hardware info in bug#78201

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4225/4250] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1455
Comment 1 Olaf Hering 2018-02-20 13:07:25 UTC 
Hardware died.
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