Re: Debian Squeeze got frozen

[Hoang Le <linux.lehoang@gmail.com>]

> I suspect your problem is caused by your previous glrx driver
> installation. It is known that ATI proprietary driver overwrite some Xorg
> libraries.
>
> Try to follow this guide to remove all signs of glrx from your system and
> then to reinstall Xorg driver:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/FglrxInteferesWithRadeonDriver
>
> The driver installed on your system is open source ATI Radeon driver. But
> again see my advise above. You can find the reference to the problem in
> this Debian guide too:
>
> http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Debian
>
> I'm quite positive that your problem is in not completely removed glrx
> libs, since my system get frozen quite often exactly you describe it,
> when using glrx. Since I removed it following the links above and
> reinstalled Xorg driver my system stopped freezing.
>
> Though I'm still fighting to make compiz working.
>
> My card is Radeon HD 5500.

Dear Juan,

I have tried your suggestion. I installed the the proprietary driver
again. It worked but there was a kernel bug, so I uninstalled it and
installed only the opensource driver, following your 2 links. Hope
that my desktop won't freeze again

Thank you,
Hoang