Hi Lex, On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 22:04 +0200, Lex Spoon wrote: > Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati > Version: 1:6.5.7.3-3 > Severity: important > > > The current version of the "ati" driver causes my Thinkpad T42 to freeze > a few minutes after X is started. Changing to the "vesa" driver causes > the freezes to stop. Commenting out all loaded modules from the "Module" > section of xorg.conf causes the freeze to take longer to happen, but > it does not prevent it. Likewise, turning off hardware acceleration > with the "NoAccel" option does not prevent the freezes (though I do not > recall whether NoAccel made the freeze take longer to happen). You're right. David Nusinow already knows about this bug (although I'm sure is good to remind him :) ) Take a look to this: http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2006/03/msg00936.html We need to wait! Carlos > > The chipset is: > > (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI FireGL Mobility T2 (M10) NT (AGP)" (ChipID > = 0x4e54) > > For now I have used snapshot.debian.net to downgrade to 6.8.2.dfsg.1-6 > and all is well again. I have been having this problem for much or all of > 2006. I believe 6.9.x already had the problem, and no update through > 1:6.5.7.3-3 has fixed it. > > The following thread describes the same problem I am seeing, but > unfortunately with no resolution reached: > > http://hardware.mcse.ms/archive42-2006-1-276052.html > > Here is my xorg.conf: > > # xorg.conf.dpkg-new (Xorg X Window System server configuration file) > # > # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using > # values from the debconf database. > # > # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf.dpkg-new manual page. > # (Type "man xorg.conf.dpkg-new" at the shell prompt.) > # > # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* > # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg > # package. > # > # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated > # again, run the following commands as root: > # > # cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.dpkg-new /etc/X11/xorg.conf.dpkg-new.custom > # md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf.dpkg-new >/var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.dpkg-new.md5sum > # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > > Section "Files" > FontPath "unix/:7101" > FontPath "unix/:7100" > # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "bitmap" > Load "dbe" > Load "ddc" > Load "dri" > Load "extmod" > Load "freetype" > Load "glx" > Load "int10" > Load "record" > Load "type1" > Load "v4l" > Load "vbe" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Generic Keyboard" > Driver "keyboard" > Option "CoreKeyboard" > Option "XkbRules" "xorg" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Configured Mouse" > Driver "mouse" > Option "CorePointer" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" > Driver "synaptics" > Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" > Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "ATI" > Driver "ati" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > Option "DynamicClocks" "on" > Option "UseFBDev" "false" > Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, CRT" > > #Option "NoAccel" "true" > > # reasonable guesses at limits.... > Option "CRT2HSync" "15-92" > # Option "CRT2VRefresh" "50-85" > # the Dell LCD I am using at EPFL can only handle 1600x1200 at 60 Hz > Option "CRT2VRefresh" "50-60" > Option "MergedFB" "on" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Framebuffer" > Driver "fbdev" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "VESA" > Driver "vesa" > Option "ModeSetClearScreen" "off" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Generic Monitor" > Option "DPMS" > DisplaySize 305 229 > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Device "ATI" > # Device "Framebuffer" > # Device "VESA" > Monitor "Generic Monitor" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 1 > Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 4 > Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 8 > Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 15 > Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 32 > Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Screen "Default Screen" > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > # InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" > EndSection > > Section "DRI" > Mode 0666 > EndSection > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.14 > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > >
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