Bug#597429: [radeon] firefox often crashes whole system
Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> spamfang wrote:
>> What do i have to type in the kernel line to use fbdev? Normally i
>> start with radeon.modeset=0 to prevent the bug.
>
> You'd log in in "recovery mode" so X doesn't get started, but with
> modesetting enabled.
>
> Then write a minimal /etc/X11/xorg.conf, as described at [1]:
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Testing"
> Driver "fbdev"
> EndSection
>
> And start X with "startx".
The missing footnote:
[1] http://pkg-xorg.alioth.debian.org/faq/general.html
Sorry for the noise.
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