Re: ATI X600 on 2.6.15

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>]

On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 20:42 -0500, Bob Picco wrote:
> I have machine lockups on 2.6.15 with gentoo bits and lastest x11-org
> bits. A simple startx with three xterms doesn't even render the fonts
> correctly.  Eventually the machine wedges and can't be pinged.
> Switching the xorg.conf driver from radeon to vesa works and creates a
> reasonable environment. This seems to have manifested itself since
> 2.6.15-rc1.
> 
> The laptop is a Compaq NX9600 with maximum memory and a large disk.
> 
> Should anyone care for further data captured from /proc, config, logs
> and etc., I'll be glad to forward them along.  I'd also be willing to
> debug and/or test whatever suggestions might be made.

Is DRI enabled ? If yes, try disabling it. Recent kernels have the r300
enable DRM, thus X will automatically enable use of CCE acceleration
even for simple 2D, but that isn't very stable on those cards yet.

Ben.



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