Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:26:16 -0400 | From | Timothy Miller <> | Subject | Re: New Radeonfb (2.6.5) driver does not play nice with X (4.3.0) |
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James Lamanna wrote: > I'm having some serious issues with the "new" radeonfb driver. > The system boots up fine, but as soon as I start X windows, > I cannot switch to a virtual console. > > If I do, the screen goes black with what looks like lines of really > tiny, squashed text? maybe, and the system totally hangs. > No keyboard input, can't ssh in, totally dead. > > Please CC me for I am not subscribed. > Relevant information follows:
Are you using ATI's proprietary drivers? I have also experienced this sort of system hang when using their drivers. When I would exit the X server, I would get a screen full of vertical lines and the system would be completely dead (could not ping).
The short-term solutions are either to use the XFree's native drivers or to use vesafb for the console. The long term solution is for ATI to fix their drivers.
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