Bug#413697: xserver-xorg-video-ati: Crash on exit and failure to restart

[Brice Goglin]

Paul Gotch wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> Version: 1:6.6.3-2
> Severity: important
>
> When used with a Radeon 100VE the ati driver seems to crash the xserver
> on exit and then fail to restart.
>   

Is it easy to reproduce ?

> Backtrace:
> 0: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x84) [0x80c4354]
> 1: [0xb7fc4420]
> 2: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so [0xb7caf0ff]
> 3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so(__glXInitScreens+0xac) [0xb7c8cc6c]
> 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so(GlxExtensionInit+0x183) [0xb7c8bc73]
> 5: /usr/bin/X(InitExtensions+0xa2) [0x80f0672]
> 6: /usr/bin/X(main+0x2aa) [0x806e4ba]
> 7: /lib/tls/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xc8) [0xb7dc2ea8]
> 8: /usr/bin/X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0xa9) [0x806d9d1]
>   

I don't see anything ati specific in this backtrace, it's hard to know
whether the bug is actually in the server or in the driver. I would
rather vote for the server.

Could you try upgrading your server to experimental (2:1.2.99.901-1)? If
it does not change anything, try to upgrade the driver too (6.6.3-5).

Thanks,
Brice