Lockups When Logging Out

[David M. Carney]

Hello all.

I just joined the list and I hope this hasn't been beaten to death.

Using xorg 7.0 on Ubuntu Linux 6.06. Video device (on board) is Radeon 
XPRESS 200. It shares system memory.

When I use the fglrx (ATi 3d accelerated driver) I get hard lockups when 
I try to terminate my xsession. Screen goes black and the keyboard is 
unresponsive as in I cannot change the Num Lock status, etc. 
ctrl-alt-backspace does nothing. If I try to use ctrl-alt-backspace from 
an X session, I get the lockup, also.

I get the lockups regardless if I use GDM, KDM or startx. I get the 
lockups regardless if I use Gnome, KDE or XFCE.

Attempting to change to a virtual tty via ctrl-alt-f1 through f6 also 
causes the same lockup.

Some have found apparent fixes or work-arounds with their particular ATi 
cards. I have not.

See 
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-driver-ati/+bug/30447

None of the fixes or work-arounds in the above thread seem to work for 
my particular on board video. Lockups occur regardless if I'm using my 
Linux distribution's fglrx driver or ATi's commercial version.

If I change the the non-3d accelerated ATi driver, the lockups go away 
and all is well, excepting of course I no longer have 3d acceleration.

I realize this is most likely an ATi problem, but any help or 
suggestions for modifications to my xorg.conf file (see below) would be 
appreciated.

Thank you.

David

------xorg.conf------

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    # path to defoma fonts
    FontPath    "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load    "bitmap"
    Load    "ddc"
    Load    "dri"
    Load    "extmod"
    Load    "freetype"
    Load    "glx"
    Load    "int10"
    Load    "type1"
    Load    "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver        "kbd"
    Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules"    "xorg"
    Option        "XkbModel"    "pc104"
    Option        "XkbLayout"    "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "CorePointer"
    Option        "Device"        "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "Protocol"        "ExplorerPS/2"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Xpress 200 (RS480)"
    Driver        "fglrx"
    BusID        "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "LCD1770GX"
    Option        "DPMS"
    HorizSync    31-81
    VertRefresh    56-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    Device        "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Xpress 200 (RS480)"
    Monitor        "LCD1770GX"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        1
        Modes        "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        4
        Modes        "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        8
        Modes        "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        15
        Modes        "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        16
        Modes        "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        24
        Modes        "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "Default Layout"
    Screen        "Default Screen"
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode    0666
EndSection

#Section "Extensions"
#    Option "Composite" "Enable"
#EndSection