Bug#515512: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: xserver freezes on ati rv280

[Alex Deucher]

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Miloslav Semler <majkls at tiscali.cz> wrote:
> Thanks a lot for your tip. So it works only with 1 and 2 agp mode.
>

I've pushed a quirk to ati git master:

036a17bec5dabbb91640b907811da060dac154d6

Alex

>> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Miloslav Semler <majkls at tiscali.cz> wrote:
>>> Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
>>> Version: 1:6.9.0-1+lenny4
>>> Severity: important
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I have an problem with driver xserver-xorg-video-radeon. If I start
>>> x.org with this driver, it consumes 95+% cpu and do nothing. Instead of
>>> continuing in boot, it hangs and shut down monitor to DMPS. I tested
>>> older kernel, which worked ok, but now it does same. The problem was
>>> occured when I upgraded from sarge to lenny. Xserver is binary
>>> distribution, drivers and kernel too. I also tested default x.org
>>> configuration, but there was same results. Now I must use
>>> framebuffer. It works, but performace is very poor.
>>>
>>
>> Sounds like an AGP problem.  Try setting another AGP mode.  Add the
>> following option to the device section of your config:
>> Option "AGPMode" "X"
>> where X = 1 or 2 or 4 or 8.
>> When you find an AGP mode that works, let me know and I'll add a quirk
>> to the driver.
>>
>> Alex
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