Bug#301531: [radeon] Lockup when using Hyperball screensaver

[Dimitri Chausson]

Brice, Michel,

the problem is still there. However, while still using the same graphic card 9200SE, my system configuration changed a bit :

Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-k7
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages xscreensaver depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.12.4-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                      2.3.6.ds1-8   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                  1.2.4-4       The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1             2.4.1-2       generic font configuration library
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.6.0-4     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.12.4-2      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.8.20-3      The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii  libice6                    1:1.0.1-2     X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                  6b-13         The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii  libpam0g                   0.79-4        Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.14.8-4      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                     1:1.0.1-3     X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.0.3-4     X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1                1.1.7-4       X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                   1:1.0.1-2     X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3                 1:4.0.1-5     X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                     1:1.0.1-4     X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1               1:1.0.1-4.1   X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                    2.6.27.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxmu6                    1:1.0.2-2     X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii  libxpm4                    1:3.5.5-2     X11 pixmap library
ii  libxrandr2                 2:1.1.0.2-5   X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                1:0.9.1-3     X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxt6                     1:1.0.2-2     X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  libxxf86misc1              1:1.0.1-2     X11 XFree86 miscellaneous extensio
ii  libxxf86vm1                1:1.0.1-2     X11 XFree86 video mode extension l

Versions of packages xscreensaver recommends:
ii  libjpeg-progs                 6b-13      Programs for manipulating JPEG fil
ii  perl [perl5]                  5.8.8-7    Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii  wamerican [wordlist]          6-2        American English dictionary words
ii  xli                           1.17.0-22  command line tool for viewing imag


I have tried what Michel suggested : (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5986)
 
- comment #13: commenting the load "dri" line in xorg.conf seems to solve the problem; the screensaver ran without crashing for about 25 minutes. Usually, when it crashes, it occurs within the first five minutes

- the other advice (comment #12) does not apply for me, since the options do not appear in my configuration file ( "XaaNoSolidBresenhamLine" and "XaaNoSolidTwoPointLine" )

I hope this helps, don't hesitate to ask me for other informations,
thanks,

Dimitri