Bug#463076: xserver-xorg-video-ati: machine freezes when X is stopped or second X started
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 ;-)
Cheers,
Bram
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