Bug#454218: xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver crashes (freezes the whole system) with DRI enabled on ATI 9250

[Alex Deucher]

On Dec 3, 2007 8:29 PM, rbarreiros <rbarreiros at gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> Version: 1:6.7.196-1
> Severity: important
>
> I've been using always lenny/sid, when i changed this workstation gfx
> card to a ATI 9250 due to some 3d requirements, i can use 3d since DRI
> crashes X.
> After several searches on google, several bug reports read, workarounds
> and useless Options testing in xorg.conf (basically tried every option i
> could find) including BIOS changes (my motherboard only has an option to
> enable 4x or disable 4x not to choose which speed i want) with aperture
> size from 8 to 256mb, basically tried everything i could find, including
> installing the experimental xorg packages (mainly
> xserver-xorg-video-ati) to reach the end conclusion that DRI is the cause
> for the crash.
>
> Board is a VIA chipset (can't recall the brand/model can see later if
> needed)

Does
Option "BusType" "PCI"
help?  You might also try the latest code in ati git master.

Alex