Bug#504535: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: Freeze in 24bit and 16bit fullscreen (Radeon Mobility M6 LY)

[Michel Dänzer]

On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 22:18 +0100, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> 
> I just did a Etch->Lenny upgrade.
> The system locks up at the GDM prompt in 24bit after displaying half of the screen.
> In 16bit it goes well, unless I start a game in fullscreen (e.g. torus-trooper), in which case it will eventually 
> lock in less than a few minutes.
> 
> The video card worked in 24bit under Etch.
> 
> I played little games and torus-trooper wasn't available under Etch so I can't 
> say for sure that the _full-screen_ freeze couldn't happen before.
> 24bit 2D fullscreen sure worked ok though.

[...]

> (==) RADEON(0): Using AGP 4x

Does

	Option	"AGPMode" "1"

(or "2") help? Please verify for your tests that the option value is
reflected in the log line above.


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