On Tue, 15 May 2012 21:03:12 +0800, Hor wrote in message 
<4fb25410.5050...@gmail.com>:

> Hi All,
> 
> Would be grateful if anyone could provide feedback on the below,
> thanks.
> 
> After installing proprietary driver 
> amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run on Sid amd64, both console
> and X cannot be started. All was left after booting is a blinking "-" 
> prompt. 

..this isn't a kernel panic?  
What happens _immediately_before_ your blinking dash?

> Xorg log as below.

..this is relevant only if it was written between your boot and your
blinking dash.

> I then ssh into this pc from another and removed this driver. Managed
> to get gnome 3 back but under fallback mode. Previously was able to
> be on gnome3 standard mode.

..your Xorg log is "gnome 3 under fallback mode"?

> package: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 x86_64 Debian
> version: 3.2.17-1
> 
> package: xserver-xorg-core:
> version: 2:1.12.1-2
> 
> package: xorg-server
> version: 1:7.6+13
> 
> package: fglrx-driver
> version: 1:12-4-1

..first things first: Does this "fglrx" driver even support 
your card?

..please post your output of: 'lspci |grep VGA '.
If that shows an ATI card, we will probably want 
to see your dmesg.


..what happens if you try use the "ati" driver instead?

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.


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