Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | "Joseph Fannin" <> | Date | Wed, 16 Apr 2003 00:41:48 -0400 | Subject | Re: Kernels since 2.5.60 upto 2.5.67 freeze when X server terminates |
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On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 01:20:57PM -0500, Florin Iucha wrote: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 12:44:40PM -0400, Joseph Fannin wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 03:06:37PM +0200, Alessandro Suardi wrote: > > <snip> > > > I surely hit bug 543 in 2.5.65 IIRC, and guess what... > > > ATI Radeon 7500 Mobile - XFree 4.2.1 > > > > > > According to other emails on lkml, it appears that DRM and/or AGP > > > new kernel code might be at fault. I don't actually remember > > > seeing non-Radeon cards being hit by such problems though... > > > > I've seen this problem too many times, but haven't tried to track > > it down. The video is ATI Rage 128 Pro. > > > > A common bit seems to be ATI cards, judging from this thread. I'm > > also using the aty128fb framebuffer driver. My motherboard is Aladdin V > > based and so uses the ali-agp module. > > I think it has to do with the interaction between XFree86 4.3.0 and > the AGP code. > > I have wdm as my display manager. I am able to login, but when logging > out the system dies. These are the last two messages printed on the > serial console: > agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 00:00.0 into 4x mode > agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 01:00.0 into 4x mode > and then, hard freeze. > > These lines do not appear when using XFree86 4.2.1 . > > I have a Radeon 8500 and AGP 4x is enabled in BIOS. The motherboard is > ECS K7S5A (SIS 735 chipset).
Except that I'm seeing the very same sort of freeze on with a Rage128 card with XFree86 4.2.1.
Are we all Debian sid users, perhaps?
Or maybe the Rage128 needs a similar patch to the Radeon one you posted.
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