Bug#319689: xserver-xorg: locks up system using ATI 9200c

[John covici <covici@ccs.covici.com>]

on Monday 08/01/2005 Michel Dänzer(daenzer@debian.org) wrote
 > On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 21:05 -0400, John Covici wrote: 
 > > 
 > > I am using an ATI 9200C and the server crashes in such a way that
 > > I cannot change the virtual terminal 
 > 
 > Note that this could in theory also be caused by a keyboard
 > configuration problem. Does neither running chvt nor pressing
 > ctrl-alt-backspace work either?
Nope -- nothing works.  I had this problem with the xfree86 server
 > after a kernel release around 2.6.9 or so.

 > 
 > > and there is garbage on the screen and I must reboot the system to 
 > > continue although other processes are running.
 > 
 > Does the X server process hog the CPU?

Not at all.

 > 
 > Does disabling the DRI work around the problem?

I thought I tried it once and it did, but I tried it again and it
didn't work at all.

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