Bug#392915: server-xorg-video-ati: xserver freezes system when starting

[Alex Roitman]

> When starting xserver, screen is blank (black) and the systems
> is frozen (SysRq not working).

I have same problem ever since upgrading to 1:6.6.3-2.
The 1:6.6.3-1 works fine for me. So does the 1:6.6.2-2
This is on IBM ThinkPad R32.


When the system freezes, I can still ssh to it and run commands
(albeit it is very slow). Xorg runs with almost 100% CPU.

My hardware should be rock solid.

If there's anything I can do to help debugging this, please
let me know. Here's the device section of my xorg.conf

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility M6 LY"
        Driver          "ati"
        BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
        Option          "UseFBDev"              "true"
EndSection

Let me know if you want the whole file and/or logs during failure.


And the related packages:
ii  libc6                      2.3.6.ds1-7   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  xserver-xorg               7.1.0-5       the X.Org X server
ii  xserver-xorg-core          1.1.1-10      X.Org X server -- core server
ii  xserver-xorg-input-evdev   1.1.2-4       X.Org X server -- evdev input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-input-kbd     1.1.0-4       X.Org X server -- keyboard input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-input-mouse   1.1.1-3       X.Org X server -- mouse input driver
hi  xserver-xorg-video-ati     6.6.3-1       X.Org X server -- ATI display driver

-- 
Alexander Roitman   http://www.gramps-project.org
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