[Bug 23660] [RV350] X.org freeze unless XAA used

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23660





--- Comment #17 from Alex Deucher <agd5f at yahoo.com>  2010-03-27 10:01:29 PST ---
(In reply to comment #16)
> I may have the same problem here.
> If I use XAA, everything works fine but Xorg recommends me to use EXA over XAA.
> If I use EXA, the graphical login appears corrupted, specially the fonts. If I
> log in, the system freezes in a few seconds. Even the SysRq combo doesn't work.
> 
> I've tried the next:
> With "BusType" "PCI" I get "(WW) RADEON(0): Option "BusType" is not used".
> Options "EXANoUploadToScreen" and "EXANoDownloadFromScreen" are useless, the
> freeze continues.
> Option "EXANoComposite" gives me a working system but, in exchange, it seems to
> make X a very cpu hungry process.
> 
> My GPU is an "ATI R300 AD [Radeon 9500 Pro]". I'm on a Gentoo box using the git
> version of the graphic stack through the x11 overlay.
> 
> Please, feel free to ask for more information or if you want me to try a patch.
> 

Can you attach your xorg log and dmesg?  It sounds like you may be using KMS,
in which case, there is only EXA support as XAA doesn't work with kms.


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