ATI Radeon 5xx (RV530 AGP) freezes X with DRI enabled.

Tue Feb 26 00:58:42 PST 2008

On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 00:10 -0600, raiden at server.boros.com wrote:
> 
> I have the latest kernel installed (2.6.25-rc3) which has the newest 
> radeon kernel modules that supports the Radeon 5xx series. I just 
> downloaded the latest X, Mesa, and ATI driver from git (not the radeonhd 
> or avivo) and it seems to freeze X. I have my Radeon Saphire X1600PRO 512mb AGP 
> connected via DVI to a HDMI tv (DVI->HDMI) and with DRI enabled (default), 
> it freezes X and even after trying to kill X, It doesn't remove itself and 
> I have to reboot.  If I turn off DRI, X loads no problem.

Does changing the AGP transfer rate in the BIOS setup or using Option
"AGPMode" in xorg.conf help?

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