Bug#549335: xorg: DRI/DRM hangs machine for ati/r128 driver (squeeze;powerpc)

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

reassign 549335 xserver-xorg-video-r128
kthxbye

On Fri, 2009-10-02 at 15:00 +0000, Jeff Green wrote:
> Created a new xorg.conf via Xorg -configure which does not start up at that point.
> When attempting to start from "invoke-rc.d xdm start" the display locks up, e.g
> black screen with non-functioning keyboard and mouse. The Xorg.0.log basically stops at:
> 
>  ...
> (II) R128(0): Acceleration enabled
> (==) R128(0): Backing store disabled
> (==) R128(0): Silken mouse enabled
> (II) R128(0): Using hardware cursor (scanline 7212)
> (II) R128(0): Largest offscreen area available: 800 x 651
> (II) R128(0): DPMS enabled
> (II) R128(0): [DRI] installation complete
> 
> xorg will start "okay" if the option:
> 
>         Option     "NoAccel"            	"True"
> 
> is added to the r128 device settings in xorg.conf. However the resolution is
> quite poor at that point. (I'm assuming it can't be improved. True??)
> 
> The r128 package is installed though not listed below, e.g.:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-r128
> Status: install ok installed
> Priority: optional
> Section: x11
> Installed-Size: 328
> Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <debian-x@lists.debian.org>
> Architecture: powerpc
> Version: 6.8.1-1

could you send us the full X log and dmesg?

Thanks,
Julien