Bug 5262

Summary: The graphics card Radeon R9 290 doesn't work on free driver
Product: [ROSA-based products] ROSA Fresh Reporter: Andrey Ponomarenko <aponomarenko>
Component: Hardware-specific, driversAssignee: Groups for solving hardware issues. <group-hardware>
Status: CONFIRMED --- QA Contact: Evgenii Shatokhin <eugene.shatokhin>
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Fresh   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Description Andrey Ponomarenko 2015-03-23 14:24:55 MSK
Description of problem:

The system with AMD Radeon R9 290 graphics card cannot boot on the free driver.

Forum: http://forum.rosalab.ru/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=5350
HW probe (after reboot in VESA mode): http://hw.rosalinux.ru/index.php?probe=e023bf4829

Journalctl of failed boot: http://hw.rosalinux.ru/index.php?probe=e023bf4829&log=journalctl.1

Xorg.log of failed boot: http://hw.rosalinux.ru/index.php?probe=e023bf4829&log=xorg.log.1

The issue persists with kernels 3.14.33, 3.17.8 and 3.18.9.

The system successfully boots only with non-free driver fglrx: http://hw.rosalinux.ru/index.php?probe=0c38e6c5a0

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): R5 KDE x86_64


How reproducible: always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install ROSA
2. Try to boot
3.