I'm submitting this as a bug here because I don't know if the problem during the bootup process is X driver related or Kernel related. When using Radeon KMS in 2.6.35, also this occurs in the previous 2.6x kernels that have KSM support, when the kernel first boots for 1-2 seconds you see the boot messages appear at 640x480 then the screen goes blank/black for a second, then the framebuffer kicks in. I'm hoping that something can be done, that as soon as the kernel boots you are placed immediately in the framebuffer mode, just like you'd typically get without KMS just running Framebuffer at startup. Seeing 640x480 text going across the screen then getting a blank screen then finally getting framebuffer does not look like a very clean looking startup, it actually looks like this whole process does not work properly this way. THANKS 1. /var/log/dmesg reports: pci_root PNP0A08:00: address space collision: host bridge window [mem 0x000cc000-0x000cffff] conflicts with Video ROM [mem 0x000c0000-0x000ce9ff] 2. System - Slackware 13.1 x86 3. cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 124 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor TF-20 stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 800.000 cache size : 512 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow up extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch lbrv bogomips : 1595.72 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps 4. /proc/version Linux version 2.6.35-smp (root@slackware) (gcc version 4.4.4 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 2 17:54:11 HST 2010 5. cat /proc/modules ipv6 222220 10 - Live 0xf91a1000 snd_seq_dummy 1119 0 - Live 0xf914d000 snd_seq_oss 25706 0 - Live 0xf913b000 snd_seq_midi_event 4664 1 snd_seq_oss, Live 0xf9128000 snd_seq 42999 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event, Live 0xf9110000 snd_seq_device 4523 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq, Live 0xf90f7000 snd_pcm_oss 31885 0 - Live 0xf90e4000 snd_mixer_oss 13457 1 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xf90ce000 cpufreq_ondemand 7378 1 - Live 0xf90be000 powernow_k8 11922 0 - Live 0xf90b0000 freq_table 2039 2 cpufreq_ondemand,powernow_k8, Live 0xf9097000 mperf 923 1 powernow_k8, Live 0xf908d000 fuse 55342 3 - Live 0xf9076000 snd_hda_codec_realtek 189992 1 - Live 0xf8f7e000 snd_hda_intel 17692 0 - Live 0xf8f20000 ecb 1629 2 - Live 0xf8efd000 ath9k 70339 0 - Live 0xf8edf000 snd_hda_codec 58524 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel, Live 0xf8eae000 ath9k_common 4298 1 ath9k, Live 0xf8e59000 ath9k_hw 272581 2 ath9k,ath9k_common, Live 0xf8e06000 usbhid 24402 0 - Live 0xf8d96000 hid 61343 1 usbhid, Live 0xf8d74000 ath 6768 2 ath9k,ath9k_hw, Live 0xf8d25000 snd_hwdep 5200 1 snd_hda_codec, Live 0xf8d19000 mac80211 147139 2 ath9k,ath9k_common, Live 0xf8ce4000 rtc_cmos 8062 0 - Live 0xf8caa000 snd_pcm 53102 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec, Live 0xf8c8e000 thermal 10430 0 - Live 0xf8c6f000 rtc_core 12446 1 rtc_cmos, Live 0xf8c5d000 snd_timer 15939 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm, Live 0xf8c4b000 cfg80211 123101 4 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath,mac80211, Live 0xf874b000 ohci_hcd 19937 0 - Live 0xf8bd9000 processor 25390 1 powernow_k8, Live 0xf8bc1000 rtc_lib 1566 1 rtc_core, Live 0xf83e6000 ehci_hcd 32509 0 - Live 0xf8120000 battery 8372 0 - Live 0xf83b0000 ac 2467 0 - Live 0xf83a7000 led_class 1915 1 ath9k, Live 0xf80d5000 atl1c 28319 0 - Live 0xf8378000 thermal_sys 12032 2 thermal,processor, Live 0xf833c000 button 4010 0 - Live 0xf8110000 snd 43178 11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer, Live 0xf80ef000 sg 21185 0 - Live 0xf80c5000 sr_mod 12375 0 - Live 0xf809c000 k8temp 2703 0 - Live 0xf808f000 evdev 7099 10 - Live 0xf8084000 serio_raw 3766 0 - Live 0xf8078000 hwmon 1129 2 thermal_sys,k8temp, Live 0xf806d000 cdrom 31256 1 sr_mod, Live 0xf805b000 soundcore 5181 1 snd, Live 0xf8047000 snd_page_alloc 6053 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm, Live 0xf8021000 6. /proc/ioports 0000-0cf7 : PCI Bus 0000:00 0000-001f : dma1 0020-0021 : pic1 0040-0043 : timer0 0050-0053 : timer1 0060-0060 : keyboard 0064-0064 : keyboard 0070-0071 : rtc0 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00a1 : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 03c0-03df : vga+ 0400-04cf : pnp 00:08 0400-0403 : ACPI PM1a_EVT_BLK 0404-0405 : ACPI PM1a_CNT_BLK 0408-040b : ACPI PM_TMR 0410-0415 : ACPI CPU throttle 0420-0427 : ACPI GPE0_BLK 04d0-04d1 : pnp 00:08 04d6-04d6 : pnp 00:08 0680-06ff : pnp 00:08 077a-077a : pnp 00:08 0900-0900 : ACPI PM2_CNT_BLK 0c00-0c01 : pnp 00:08 0c14-0c14 : pnp 00:08 0c50-0c52 : pnp 00:08 0c6c-0c6c : pnp 00:08 0c6f-0c6f : pnp 00:08 0cd0-0cdb : pnp 00:08 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 0d00-ffff : PCI Bus 0000:00 1000-1fff : PCI Bus 0000:09 2000-2fff : PCI Bus 0000:08 2000-207f : 0000:08:00.0 2000-207f : atl1c 3000-6fff : PCI Bus 0000:02 7000-7fff : PCI Bus 0000:01 7000-70ff : 0000:01:05.0 8010-801f : 0000:00:11.0 8010-801f : ahci 8030-8037 : 0000:00:11.0 8030-8037 : ahci 8038-803f : 0000:00:11.0 8038-803f : ahci 8048-804b : 0000:00:11.0 8048-804b : ahci 804c-804f : 0000:00:11.0 804c-804f : ahci fd60-fd63 : pnp 00:08 7. /proc/iomem 00000000-00000fff : reserved 00001000-0009fbff : System RAM 0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved 000a0000-000bffff : PCI Bus 0000:00 000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area 000c0000-000ce9ff : Video ROM 000c0000-000c3fff : PCI Bus 0000:00 000c4000-000c7fff : PCI Bus 0000:00 000c8000-000cbfff : PCI Bus 0000:00 000cf000-000cffff : Adapter ROM 000d0000-000d3fff : PCI Bus 0000:00 000d4000-000d7fff : PCI Bus 0000:00 000d8000-000dbfff : PCI Bus 0000:00 000dc000-000dffff : PCI Bus 0000:00 000e0000-000fffff : reserved 000e0000-000e3fff : PCI Bus 0000:00 000e4000-000e7fff : PCI Bus 0000:00 000e8000-000ebfff : PCI Bus 0000:00 000ec000-000effff : PCI Bus 0000:00 000f0000-000fffff : System ROM 00100000-de60bfff : System RAM 01000000-013c1664 : Kernel code 013c1665-015416c7 : Kernel data 015b1000-01605a23 : Kernel bss de60c000-de80bfff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage de80c000-dfd6ffff : System RAM dfd70000-dfdbefff : reserved dfdbf000-dfe91fff : System RAM dfe92000-dfebefff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage dfebf000-dfee1fff : System RAM dfee2000-dfef6fff : ACPI Tables dfef7000-dfefffff : System RAM dff00000-dfffffff : RAM buffer e0000000-f6ffffff : PCI Bus 0000:00 e0000000-efffffff : PCI Bus 0000:01 e0000000-efffffff : 0000:01:05.0 f0000000-f0ffffff : PCI Bus 0000:02 f1000000-f10fffff : PCI Bus 0000:08 f1000000-f103ffff : 0000:08:00.0 f1000000-f103ffff : atl1c f1100000-f20fffff : PCI Bus 0000:02 f1100000-f110ffff : 0000:02:00.0 f1100000-f110ffff : ath9k f2100000-f22fffff : PCI Bus 0000:01 f2100000-f21fffff : 0000:01:05.0 f2200000-f220ffff : 0000:01:05.0 f2300000-f2303fff : 0000:00:14.2 f2300000-f2303fff : ICH HD audio f2304000-f2304fff : 0000:00:12.1 f2304000-f2304fff : ohci_hcd f2305000-f2305fff : 0000:00:12.0 f2305000-f2305fff : ohci_hcd f2306000-f23063ff : 0000:00:11.0 f2306000-f23063ff : ahci f2306400-f23064ff : 0000:00:12.2 f2306400-f23064ff : ehci_hcd f7000000-f7ffffff : PCI MMCONFIG 0000 [bus 00-0f] f7000000-f7ffffff : reserved f7000000-f7ffffff : pnp 00:01 f8000000-ffffffff : PCI Bus 0000:00 feb00000-feb00fff : reserved fec00000-fec00fff : reserved fec00000-fec003ff : IOAPIC 0 fed00000-fed003ff : HPET 0 fee00000-fee00fff : Local APIC fee00000-fee00fff : reserved fee00000-fee00fff : pnp 00:01 fff00000-ffffffff : reserved fff00000-ffffffff : pnp 00:09 8. lspci -vvv 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 028d Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0 Capabilities: [c4] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface Command: BaseUnitID=1 UnitCnt=12 MastHost- DefDir- DUL- Link Control 0: CFlE- CST- CFE- <LkFail- Init+ EOC- TXO- <CRCErr=0 IsocEn- LSEn+ ExtCTL- 64b- Link Config 0: MLWI=16bit DwFcIn- MLWO=16bit DwFcOut- LWI=16bit DwFcInEn- LWO=16bit DwFcOutEn- Link Control 1: CFlE- CST- CFE- <LkFail+ Init- EOC+ TXO+ <CRCErr=0 IsocEn- LSEn- ExtCTL- 64b- Link Config 1: MLWI=8bit DwFcIn- MLWO=8bit DwFcOut- LWI=8bit DwFcInEn- LWO=8bit DwFcOutEn- Revision ID: 3.00 Link Frequency 0: 800MHz Link Error 0: <Prot- <Ovfl- <EOC- CTLTm- Link Frequency Capability 0: 200MHz+ 300MHz- 400MHz+ 500MHz- 600MHz+ 800MHz+ 1.0GHz+ 1.2GHz- 1.4GHz- 1.6GHz- Vend- Feature Capability: IsocFC- LDTSTOP+ CRCTM- ECTLT- 64bA- UIDRD- Link Frequency 1: 200MHz Link Error 1: <Prot- <Ovfl- <EOC- CTLTm- Link Frequency Capability 1: 200MHz- 300MHz- 400MHz- 500MHz- 600MHz- 800MHz- 1.0GHz- 1.2GHz- 1.4GHz- 1.6GHz- Vend- Error Handling: PFlE- OFlE- PFE- OFE- EOCFE- RFE- CRCFE- SERRFE- CF- RE- PNFE- ONFE- EOCNFE- RNFE- CRCNFE- SERRNFE- Prefetchable memory behind bridge Upper: 00-00 Bus Number: 00 Capabilities: [54] HyperTransport: UnitID Clumping Capabilities: [40] HyperTransport: Retry Mode Capabilities: [9c] HyperTransport: #1a Capabilities: [f8] HyperTransport: #1c 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 64 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00007000-00007fff Memory behind bridge: f2100000-f22fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0000000-00000000efffffff Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR- BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn- Capabilities: [44] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+ Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx) 00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00006fff Memory behind bridge: f1100000-f20fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0000000-00000000f0ffffff Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR- BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn- Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [58] Express (v2) Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us ExtTag+ RBE+ FLReset- DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend- LnkCap: Port #1, Speed 5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <64ns, L1 <1us ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep+ BwNot+ LnkCtl: ASPM L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+ ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive+ BWMgmt+ ABWMgmt- SltCap: AttnBtn- PwrCtrl- MRL- AttnInd- PwrInd- HotPlug+ Surprise+ Slot # 4, PowerLimit 25.000000; Interlock- NoCompl+ SltCtl: Enable: AttnBtn- PwrFlt- MRL- PresDet- CmdCplt- HPIrq- LinkChg- Control: AttnInd Unknown, PwrInd Unknown, Power- Interlock- SltSta: Status: AttnBtn- PowerFlt- MRL- CmdCplt- PresDet+ Interlock- Changed: MRL- PresDet+ LinkState+ RootCtl: ErrCorrectable- ErrNon-Fatal- ErrFatal- PMEIntEna- CRSVisible- RootCap: CRSVisible- RootSta: PME ReqID 0000, PMEStatus- PMEPending- DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Not Supported, TimeoutDis- ARIFwd- DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis- ARIFwd- LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 2.5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-, Selectable De-emphasis: -6dB Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS- Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- Address: 00000000 Data: 0000 Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 028d Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+ Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information <?> Capabilities: [110] Virtual Channel <?> 00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Bus: primary=00, secondary=08, subordinate=08, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff Memory behind bridge: f1000000-f10fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fff00000-00000000000fffff Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR- BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn- Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [58] Express (v2) Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us ExtTag+ RBE+ FLReset- DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend- LnkCap: Port #2, Speed 5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <64ns, L1 <1us ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep+ BwNot+ LnkCtl: ASPM L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+ ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive+ BWMgmt+ ABWMgmt- SltCap: AttnBtn- PwrCtrl- MRL- AttnInd- PwrInd- HotPlug- Surprise- Slot # 5, PowerLimit 25.000000; Interlock- NoCompl+ SltCtl: Enable: AttnBtn- PwrFlt- MRL- PresDet- CmdCplt- HPIrq- LinkChg- Control: AttnInd Unknown, PwrInd Unknown, Power- Interlock- SltSta: Status: AttnBtn- PowerFlt- MRL- CmdCplt- PresDet+ Interlock- Changed: MRL- PresDet+ LinkState+ RootCtl: ErrCorrectable- ErrNon-Fatal- ErrFatal- PMEIntEna- CRSVisible- RootCap: CRSVisible- RootSta: PME ReqID 0000, PMEStatus- PMEPending- DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Not Supported, TimeoutDis- ARIFwd- DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis- ARIFwd- LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 2.5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-, Selectable De-emphasis: -6dB Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS- Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- Address: 00000000 Data: 0000 Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 028d Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+ Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information <?> Capabilities: [110] Virtual Channel <?> 00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 028d Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 22 Region 0: I/O ports at 8038 [size=8] Region 1: I/O ports at 804c [size=4] Region 2: I/O ports at 8030 [size=8] Region 3: I/O ports at 8048 [size=4] Region 4: I/O ports at 8010 [size=16] Region 5: Memory at f2306000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+ Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 Capabilities: [70] SATA HBA <?> Kernel driver in use: ahci 00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 028d Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16 Region 0: Memory at f2305000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd Kernel modules: ohci-hcd 00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 028d Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16 Region 0: Memory at f2304000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd Kernel modules: ohci-hcd 00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 028d Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 17 Region 0: Memory at f2306400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Bridge: PM- B3+ Capabilities: [e4] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00e0 Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd Kernel modules: ehci-hcd 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 028d Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+ Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort+ <MAbort- >SERR+ <PERR+ INTx- Capabilities: [b0] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable- Fixed+ 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 028d Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin ? routed to IRQ 16 Region 0: Memory at f2300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 028d Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 64 Bus: primary=00, secondary=09, subordinate=09, sec-latency=64 I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff Memory behind bridge: fff00000-000fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: fff00000-000fffff Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR- BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn- 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Capabilities: [80] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface Command: WarmRst+ DblEnd- DevNum=0 ChainSide- HostHide+ Slave- <EOCErr- DUL- Link Control: CFlE- CST- CFE- <LkFail- Init+ EOC- TXO- <CRCErr=8 IsocEn- LSEn+ ExtCTL- 64b+ Link Config: MLWI=16bit DwFcIn- MLWO=16bit DwFcOut- LWI=16bit DwFcInEn- LWO=16bit DwFcOutEn- Revision ID: 1.02 Link Frequency: 800MHz Link Error: <Prot- <Ovfl- <EOC- CTLTm- Link Frequency Capability: 200MHz+ 300MHz- 400MHz+ 500MHz- 600MHz+ 800MHz+ 1.0GHz- 1.2GHz- 1.4GHz- 1.6GHz- Vend- Feature Capability: IsocFC- LDTSTOP+ CRCTM- ECTLT- 64bA- UIDRD- ExtRS- UCnfE- 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Capabilities: [f0] Secure device <?> Kernel driver in use: k8temp Kernel modules: k8temp 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 028d Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18 Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Region 1: I/O ports at 7000 [size=256] Region 2: Memory at f2200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Region 5: Memory at f2100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 Kernel driver in use: radeon 02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device e016 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16 Region 0: Memory at f1100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- Address: 00000000 Data: 0000 Capabilities: [60] Express (v2) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset- DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop- MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes DevSta: CorrErr+ UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend- LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <512ns, L1 <64us ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- LnkCtl: ASPM L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+ ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Not Supported, TimeoutDis+ DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis- LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 2.5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-, Selectable De-emphasis: -6dB Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS- Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- UESvrt: DLP+ SDES+ TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+ CEMsk: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+ AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+ ChkEn- 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 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev c0) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 028d Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17 Region 0: Memory at f1000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K] Region 2: I/O ports at 2000 [size=128] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 Capabilities: [58] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 4096 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <4us, L1 unlimited ExtTag- AttnBtn+ AttnInd+ PwrInd+ RBE+ FLReset- DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop- MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr+ FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr+ TransPend- LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 unlimited, L1 unlimited ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- LnkCtl: ASPM L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+ ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- Capabilities: [6c] Vital Product Data Not readable Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq+ ACSViol- UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- UESvrt: DLP- SDES+ TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr- CEMsk: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+ AERCap: First Error Pointer: 14, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+ ChkEn- Capabilities: [180] Device Serial Number ff-2b-d5-2d-00-26-22-ff Kernel driver in use: atl1c Kernel modules: atl1c 9. /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: ATA Model: TOSHIBA MK1655GS Rev: FG01 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: Optiarc Model: DVD RW AD-7585H Rev: KX04 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 05
This isn't a driver bug; it's a distro start up configuration issue. You might try a different distro. The latest fedora and ubuntu releases go straight from from the bios post screen to the plymouth boot screen.
I've used Ubuntu and removed the boot screen and it did the same thing. I've talked to others not using boot screens on other distros who have reported the same thing. Sorry I'm not talking about having a distro with boot/splash screens but just booting up the console and seeing that at boot time and without a boot/splash screen it appears that this is the behavior. THANKS
This is not a bug, KMS modules are loaded in initrd in most distribution you won't have graphic mode until they get loaded. You can tweak your initrd/kernel to load the KMS driver as early as possible.