Bug#440376: xserver-xorg-video-ati: acceleration method "exa" freezes the computer

[Jiří Paleček <jpalecek@web.de>]

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:12:08 +0200, Brice Goglin  
<Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org> wrote:

> Jiří Paleček wrote:
> > Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
> >
> > and when I run xserver with this option, it very soon freezes the
> > computer,
> > even if I'm in the console. It begins by not accepting keyboard input,
> > strangely
> > the console I'm in accepts input longer.
>
> Does it freeze with 6.6.193-2 and EXA ? The old package is available at

No, it doesn't.

> http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2007/08/21/debian/pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-ati/
> (it was already built for the new xserver-xorg-core in experimental).

I don't understand -- I have xserver-xorg-core 1.3.0 from unstable.

> This test would help us know whether the problem appeared in the new ati
> driver or in the Xserver.
>
> (I guess you were not using EXA before 6.7.19x since it was often slower
> than XAA)

I did use exa even before, but frankly, didn't notice it was slower or  
faster
than anything.

Regards
    Jiri Palecek