Bug#457563: xserver-xorg-video-ati: Recent upgrade causes machine crash

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

severity 457563 important
thank you



Brian DeRocher wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> Version: 1:6.7.197-1
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system
>
> I upgraded yesterday to this version and today the system crashes.  After boot and 
> switching to KDM no signal is sent to the monitor.  I'm unable to ping the 
> machine.  I'm unable to switch to a virtual console.  The entire system is dead.
>   

Does adding
   Option "BusType" "PCI"
to section Device of your xorg.conf help?

This could well be similar to #457233 (your boards are similar) and I 
suspect the recent AGP changes in 6.7.197.

Could you go back to earlier versions of xserver-xorg-video-ati using 
http://snapshot.debian.net/ ? It would be nice to test some versions on 
the 6.7.19x branch, for instance 6.7.196-1. This way, we might locate 
where the breakage occured.

Brice