[Bug 95306] Random Blank(black) screens on "Carrizo"

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95306

--- Comment #12 from Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Tom from comment #11)
> (In reply to Michel Dänzer from comment #10)
> > Tom, does your blanking in X also happen with the modesetting driver instead
> > of the amdgpu driver?
> 
> I'm not sure how to do this. I tried setting it as a driver in Xorg.conf and
> the screen blanked as usual. Although Xorg.log listed only modesetting
> driver the amdgpu module was loaded. Blacklisting the module prevents X from
> starting.
> 
> I was also unable to replicate the success with 4.7.2 kernel and 2.49 glib2.
> Now it blanks within a few minutes. It seems I was just lucky that day.

Don't worry about the kernel module.  That should be loaded regardless of what
X driver you use.  Just make sure modesetting is used for X.

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