Re: X freezes with 2.6.32-5; okay with 2.6.26-2

[Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>]

Kent West wrote, on 13/05/10 23:12:
> I've got an older 600MHz PIII running Sid; if I boot into the installed
> 2.6.26-2-68 kernel, everything's fine, but if I boot into the installed
> 2.6.32-5-68 kernel, everything's fine until X is started (either
> manually or with a session manager or even when trying to create a new
> xorg.conf file using "X -config"). At that point, the screen goes black,
> the keyboard stops responding, and the Xorg.log fills up with :
>
> (EE) R128(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine...
> (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE stop -9
> (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE start -9
> (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE idle -9
> (EE) R128(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine...
> (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE stop -9
> (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE start -9
> (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE idle -9

Have you read http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R6.9.0/doc/html/r128.4.html
or tried using the VESA driver instead of the R128 driver?

Arthur.