Re: restarting X fails and generates kernel panic on halt (was Re: Magic SysRq reboot (was Re: switching to proprietary ati radeon driver))
Liviu Andronic a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> On 8/18/09, thveillon.debian <thveillon.debian@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> I recently bought a HP 6730s with a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430 graphic
>> chip. I run Squeeze/Sid AMD64 just like you, and with 2.6.26* kernel and
>> the associated fglrx I ran into all kind of troubles: impossibility to
>> switch between virtual consoles, acpi going havoc with computer sometime
>> not halting, bunch of weird errors in dmesg and Xorg.o.log, screen never
>> coming up after kdm restart... I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.30*, xorg
>> and fglrx from Sid, and it's working like a charm. It's working great
>> with the radeon driver too, with full 2D acceleration, but 3D
>> performances are still really poor. I can restart kdm without problem
>> and switch back and forth virtual consoles.
>>
>> Maybe the kernel/fglrx couple is just too old, and pre 9.5 fglrx are
>> known to have all kind of issues with virtual consoles switching.
>>
> In a previous e-mail you mentioned this:
> "if you are running a 2.6.30 kernel the testing fglrx
> won't build, you have to upgrade xorg and fglrx stuff to Sid."
>
> Does the sid xorg still apply? I would not be ready at the moment to
> experiment with a sid X. Moreover, I found out that issuing
> halt/reboot from a console within X would more or less shut the system
> cleanly (at least no kernel panics and stuff), which would mean that
> my immediate issue is solved.
>
> Thank you for the suggestions
> Liviu
>
apt-cache policy xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg:
Installé : 1:7.4+4
Candidat : 1:7.4+4
Table de version :
*** 1:7.4+4 0
500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org sid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:7.3+19 0
990 http://ftp.fr.debian.org squeeze/main Packages
apt-cache policy fglrx-source
fglrx-source:
Installé : 1:9-7-2
Candidat : 1:9-7-2
Table de version :
*** 1:9-7-2 0
500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org sid/non-free Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:9-2-2 0
990 http://ftp.fr.debian.org squeeze/non-free Packages
Yes, still apply, but AMD/ATI just released a 9.8 driver that should
build on 2.6.30.*, avoiding the need to use Sid's xorg if you fear that.
It has been running daily for a week and half here without any issue
though. fglrx is lousy anyway so expect a few glitches when using
compositing and video or "googleearth" for instance, and maybe some
other hardware specific issues. I use it only because I share the laptop
with my son who use Xmoto, foobilliard and the like which doesn't run
with the radeon driver.
Tom
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