Radeon 9200 SE: server freeze, server restart

[Alex Deucher]

On Nov 19, 2007 7:09 PM, Hartmut Niemann <Hartmut.Niemann at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I replaced the graphics card in a debian (stable) Athlon system,
> (old: Matrox Millennium PCI, new: ATI Radeon 9200 SE AGP)
>
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE]
> (rev 01)
>
> and the system once restarted the X server and froze twice
> (each time when playing KPatience, by the way)
>
> I can't find anything in the log files (/var/log/messages, Xorg.log) that
> I would relate to this problem.
>
> The xserver-xorg package has version 1:7.1.0-19,
> the xorg.log starts with
>
> X Window System Version 7.1.1
> Release Date: 12 May 2006
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
> Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
> Current Operating System: Linux Ursula 2.6.18-5-k7 #1 SMP Wed Oct 3 00:47:27
> UTC
>  2007 i686
> Build Date: 04 September 2007
>
> The modules:
> Section "Module"
>         Load    "bitmap"
>         Load    "dbe"
>         Load    "ddc"
>         Load    "dri"
>         Load    "extmod"
>         Load    "freetype"
>         Load    "glx"
>         Load    "int10"
> #       Load    "v4l"
>         Load    "vbe"
> EndSection
>
> Are there any known problems, or can anybody provide me a hint where to look
> when the system freezes next time? How can I track this down?

See if disabling the DRI helps.  If it's an AGP card, try forcing it
into PCI mode (Option "BusType" "PCI"). Finally look for a similar bug
on freedesktop bugzilla (https://bugs.freedesktop.org) and if you find
a similar one or need to create a new one, add your information and
attach your xorg log and config.

Alex