Bug#418204: xserver-xorg-video-ati: Radeon 9200 SE / RV280 doesn't with DRI: writeback test failed.

[Michel Dänzer]

reassign 418204 linux-2.6
kthxbye

On Sun, 2007-04-08 at 00:49 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> Version: 6.6.3-2
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've just upgraded from XFree86 to X.org and when I start X now, I just
> get a black screen.
> 
> I sometimes used to have problems with XFee86 too, and looking in the logs
> it seems to be the same error.  It's just that with XFee86 it ussually works,
> with X.org it always fails.
> 
> When I disable dri by commenting out the Load "dri" in xorg.conf,
> things work with X.org.
> 
> I have this both with a self compiled 2.6.17.8 as with Debian's 2.6.18-4.
> 
> When it fails, I see this in the kernel log:
> Mar  8 19:01:44 intrepid kernel: agpgart: Found an AGP 3.5 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
> Mar  8 19:01:44 intrepid kernel: agpgart: Badness. Don't know which AGP mode to
> set. [bridge_agpstat:1f000a0a vga_agpstat:ff00021b fell back to:- bridge_agpstat:1f000208 vga_agpstat:ff00021b]
> Mar  8 19:01:44 intrepid kernel: agpgart: Bridge couldn't do AGP x4.
> Mar  8 19:01:44 intrepid kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0
> into 0x mode
> Mar  8 19:01:44 intrepid kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:01:00.0
> into 0x mode

Looks like a kernel issue, reassigning.


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