Re: 2.6.8.1-kernel on Powerbook G4?

[Michael Schmitz <schmitz@zirkon.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de>]

> > > 2.6.8 and unstable xfree86 apparently hates the Radeon 9600 - the system
> > > freezes quite often when panning horizontally in the browser window. Not
> > > to mention screen flicker in the console (though 2.6.7 also had that).
> >
> > does disabling the dri solve the issue ? I ask because i had another case
> > where apparently it tried to launch the dri/drm on such a card, which
> > naturally doesn't work.
>
> Good point. Disabling dri doesn't make it worse but I'll have to watch it
> for a while yet. I'll keep you posted.

I haven't had a hang in a day or two - disabling DRI was key to getting a
stable system. Should I bug the Xfree team to omit the dri module from the
X modules list on powerpc?

	Michael