Bug#444049: xserver-xorg-video-ati: 6.6.193 and on locks up radeon 9000/9250

["Michal Suchanek" <hramrach@centrum.cz>]

On 19/11/2007, Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
> found 444049 1:6.7.196-1
> retitle 444049 ati: locks up radeon 9000/9250 in AGP mode
> thank you
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> Michal Suchanek wrote:
> > Yes, it works in PCI mode. 6.7.196 is still broken.
> >
> > Unless somebody specifically tries to fix this or there are changes
> > that are likely to fix this I guess there is not much point in trying
> > more builds.
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> Actually, it's not clear at all that it is a software bug. It could
> well be your AGP bridge just not being totally spec-compliant and thus
> freezing the machine under high load. PCI mode requires a little bit
> less than AGP, and the hardware can support it more easily.

I see the lockups on two very different machines, one i440, one K8M800
or somesuch (MSI MS-7181 VER:10). However, I haven't verified that PCI
mode fixes it on the Via one because I use it only for testing and
installations so I would not run it for long enough to be sure.

Thanks

Michal