On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Joey Hess wrote: > The simplest fix seems to be to turn PAT off, especially since its > Kconfig mentions that it can lead to "boot crash, boot hang, > spontaneous reboots) or a non-working video driver". that was the case for <= 2.6.29, anyway for KMS you want PAT *on*. so PAT enabled was a clear request by xorg maintainers. maybe d-i should try to KMS?