retitle 256356 xserver-xfree86: [ati/radeon] X server freezes computer with 2.6.7 kernel, but not 2.6.6 on Radeon Mobility M6 LY rev 0 tag 256356 + moreinfo thanks On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 03:16:30PM +0200, Samuel Mimram wrote: > I have no problems running X under the 2.6.6 kernel (built from Debian > sources). However when I start it under a 2.6.7 kernel (built from > vanilla sources) there is a black screen when X starts and the > computer is freezed (I am not able to switch to a console). I believe > this is related to the radeon driver: > - when I use the vesa driver or when I disable the hardware acceleration > (NoAccel option), X starts correctly > - when I enable hardware acceleration but I comment the line which sets > AGPMode to 4, X runs correctly for about 1 minute an then freezes (I > cannot switch to a console) > - when hardware acceleration is activated and AGPMode is set to 4 X > freezes immediately > > I did not find anything suspicious in the syslog but I might have missed > something. Feel free to tell me if you want me to do some experiments, > etc. Can you tell me why you think this is an XFree86 bug, and not a kernel bug? -- G. Branden Robinson | What influenced me to atheism was Debian GNU/Linux | reading the Bible cover to cover. branden@debian.org | Twice. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- J. Michael Straczynski
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