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

[Agustin Martin]

On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 08:29:33AM -0400, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > Just adding that after setting my xorg to use framebuffer in /etc/xorg.conf
> > (through the debconf prompt) I can no longer reproduce the problem,
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > $ diff -u xorg.conf.20080505151844 xorg.conf
> > --- xorg.conf.20080505151844    2008-05-05 15:18:44.000000000 +0200
> > +++ xorg.conf   2008-05-05 15:18:44.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
> >
> >  Section "Device"
> >        Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
> > +       Option          "UseFBDev"              "true"
> 
> What version of the driver are you using?  This option no longer
> exists on 6.7.19x and newer versions of the ati driver.

Hmmm,

xserver-xorg-video-ati
Version: 1:6.8.0-1

So the option above should do nothing. Indeed, looking at the Xorg log,

----------------------------------------------------------------------
(II) RADEON(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled
message.
(WW) RADEON(0): Option "UseFBDev" is not used
(--) RandR disabled
----------------------------------------------------------------------

After removing the option I have tried unsuccessfully to reproduce the
problem (Note that it previously appeared here randomly, not in a
sistematically reproducible way). 

So, I have to admit that I have no idea about what helped (or even if the
problem will eventually come back), just noticed that I could not reproduce
it with the newly arrived to testing xserver-xorg-video-ati, and that line
was the only difference once xorg.conf is regenerated.

Sorry for the noise,

-- 
Agustin