I don't have a hardware problem. I checked with Debian Stable LiveCD and none of the problems appeared there. In fact my machine worked great with sid just before the release of the new stable. After that, some of the updates that flew in caused this problem. I certainly haven't overclocked my GPU.
So maybe this is an xserver-xorg-video-radeon problem? Should I re-report it there?
>my experience with that is you *might* have a memory problem with your video card
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>with the lockup statement included that adds to the possibility that might be so
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>on the other hand I can't see it so you might just need graphics libs needing to be re-installed
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>Best is if you can try a "known good" video card in or with the same system.
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>Alternatively if you can't try a different card maybe you can try known
good graphics apps that use the same ammount of video memory and see if
there are >problems. But that is mostly the same as re-installing.
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>Your not "over clocking" your card are you? That can cause permanent
damage. tools that change clock speed have been known to damage and be a
pile of bull >when it comes to real performance that the card (properly
set) did not already have.