Bug#463076: xserver-xorg-video-ati: machine freezes when X is stopped or second X started
forwarded 463076 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15056
thank you
Bram Senders wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 23:49 +0000, Roger Leigh wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Just another datapoint for this bug. My Mac Mini has a
>>
>> 0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280
>> [Radeon 9200] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>>
>> and I was also bitten by this bug. My system locked hard if I tried to
>> kill X or shutdown the system (which causes kdm to stop X). It also
>> locked if I tried to switch to a VT with C-A-Fn.
>>
>> Further investigation showed that this worked perfectly if I booted the
>> system with "video=radeonfb:1680x1050-32@60" on the command-line. I can
>> now switch VTs at will, as well as start and stop X, shut down the
>> system, etc. without problems.
>>
>> However, booting with "video=ofonly" results in all the problems
>> mentioned above.
>>
>>
>> Is this the same for the other people suffering from this bug?
>>
>
> Yes, I can confirm this. The only difference is that I have to boot
> with a lower resolution (1024x768), otherwise my monitor stays blank
> (even though it is capable of displaying higher resolutions). I can now
> switch VTs as well... this has never been possible for me before (after
> X had started, all VTs always weren't capable of being displayed
> anymore).
>
> So thank you Roger, for this hint! My Mac Mini has more functionality
> now ;-)
>
I have summarized all this in the upstream bugzilla at the URL above.
You might want to add yourself to CC in this bug entry. And feel free to
add comments if you think it could help.
Brice
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