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Re: Graphics - Radeon HD 5000 lock-ups



On Friday 01 April 2011, Camaleón wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:30:28 +0200, C. Hurschler wrote:
> > On Friday 01 April 2011, Camaleón wrote:
> > 
> > BTW the card seems to be a "Cedar PRO [Radeon HD 5450]"
> > 
> >> Have you tried another driver (for example, "radeon" or an updated
> >> version of Catalyst -now is 11.3-)?
> > 
> > I've tried radeon, but strangely I can't ctrl-alt-F1 to console with
> > it....
> 
> What happens when you press that combo? Nothing, black/blank screen? Can
> you jump to another tty (2,3,4,5...)?
> 
> > I don't think compositing worked either, but I can't remember
> > for sure.
> 
> It should work, "radeon" is one of the most advanced open drivers for
> this task (3D accleration/openGL) :-)

it doesn't.  I'll post the log files and a better description as soon as I have 
the time.

> 
> If you want to give a second chance to radeon driver (I'd do), just
> upload your full "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" file to "www.pastebin.com" so
> people here can review it.
> 
> > fglrx-driver is at 1:10-9-3 in Squeeze, 11.3 does not seem to be in
> > squeeze- backports.
> 
> (...)
> 
> You can always get the updated closed source driver directly from AMD
> site. You will have to recompile by yourself if the kernel gets updated,
> though.

I use Debian Stable because I don't want to waste my time compiling stuff.  
That worked well in Lenny with debian-multimedia and lenny-backports.  Squeeze 
is IMHO nowhere near as close to being a production desktop system as Lenny 
was, but my impression might be biased by the problems I am having with my 
Radeon card...

> 
> Greetings,


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