Bug#480312: xserver-xorg-video-ati: complete lockup upon x startup [ATI Radeon Mobility IGP320M (U1) 4336]

[Avi Rozen <avi.rozen@gmail.com>]

Brice Goglin wrote:
> Avi Rozen wrote:
>   
>> Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
>> Version: 1:6.8.0-1
>> Severity: important
>> Tags: patch
>>
>> X server does not start after upgrade to X.Org 7.3 (xserver-xorg-video-ati upgraded from 6.6.3-2 to 6.8.0-1) - the computer completely 
>> locks up when first switching from VT (vga=791) to graphical display: caps lock led keeps blinking, no disk activity, no ping.
>>   
>>     
>
> Please try xserver-xorg-video-ati from experimental, or (better) a
> recent upstream git snapshot.
>
> Brice
>
>   

Thanks for the prompt reply.
I did as you suggested:

git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati
# last commit in upstream git is  94405eb1c9e4e0ababc6aef03b753d6ed9eb7838
cd xf86-video-ati
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
make
make install

same problem: computer locks up on X startup when switching from VT to
graphical display.

I applied the patch that I submitted in the original bug report:

patch src/radeon_driver.c < ../lockup-fix.diff
make
make install

and this fixed the lockup.

Avi.