Bug#463076: xserver-xorg-video-ati: machine freezes when X is stopped or second X started

[Alex Deucher]

On Jan 29, 2008 6:15 AM, Bram Senders <bram at luon.net> wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> Version: 1:6.7.198~git20080117.6bd510a2-1
> Severity: important
>
> Hello there,
>
> I have a PowerPC Mac Mini with a Radeon 9200 inside, and did a fresh
> install of Debian Sid on that.  I got bitten by bug #457563, where
> starting X would instantaneously freeze the machine, but upgrading to
> the latest experimental version of xserver-xorg-video-ati fixed that, as
> suggested.
>
> However, I now have the problem that the machine freezes when the X
> server is stopped...  Just a hard freeze when I try to logout, or
> shutdown the machine, or restart gdm; anything that kills the X server
> causes the entire machine to lock up.  My Xorg.0.log contains no
> information about stopping X.

Do any of the following device options help?
Option "DRI" "False"
Option "BusType" "PCI"
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "AGPMode" "8"

Alex