Bug#504535: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: Freeze in 24bit and 16bit fullscreen (Radeon Mobility M6 LY)
On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 10:21:36AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 22:18 +0100, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> >
> > I just did a Etch->Lenny upgrade.
> > The system locks up at the GDM prompt in 24bit after displaying half of the screen.
> > In 16bit it goes well, unless I start a game in fullscreen (e.g. torus-trooper), in which case it will eventually
> > lock in less than a few minutes.
> >
> > The video card worked in 24bit under Etch.
> >
> > I played little games and torus-trooper wasn't available under Etch so I can't
> > say for sure that the _full-screen_ freeze couldn't happen before.
> > 24bit 2D fullscreen sure worked ok though.
>
> [...]
>
> > (==) RADEON(0): Using AGP 4x
>
> Does
>
> Option "AGPMode" "1"
>
> (or "2") help? Please verify for your tests that the option value is
> reflected in the log line above.
Apparently this helps, but the freezes are not as easily reproduceable
as I thought, so I can't say for sure. I'll run some more tests.
Thanks,
--
Sylvain
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