Bug#466324: xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver hangs when dri enabled and 4GB ram installed

[Brice Goglin]

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 08:48:40AM -0500, Marc F. Clemente wrote:
> Brice Goglin wrote:
> >Marc F. Clemente wrote:
> >>Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> >>Version: 1:6.7.198~git20071223.ad3325f6-1
> >>Severity: normal
> >>
> >>
> >>I have an amd64 with a radeon video card.  The motherboard had
> >>2GB ram. I recently added another 2GB and the xserver stopped
> >>working.  When it starts, the screen gest all corrupted.  The
> >>mouse pointer still moves ok.
> >>If I disable dri (or if remove 2GB), it works again.  Let me know if I need
> >>to submit more info, or if I can do something to help debug the problem.
> >
> >Does 6.8.0 or 6.7.197 work better? What about 6.6.3 from [1]? What about
> >the latest package in experimental?
> 
> I will let you know in two weeks, when I get back home to my
> computers.  But if I remember correctly, 6.6.3 was wonderful.  It
> allowed me to do dual-head.  All the later versions let me do
> merged-fb, but that's not the same.  Anyway, I will get back to you.

2-year old ping?

Brice