ATI X600 on 2.6.15

I have machine lockups on 2.6.15 with gentoo bits and lastest x11-org
bits. A simple startx with three xterms doesn't even render the fonts
correctly.  Eventually the machine wedges and can't be pinged.
Switching the xorg.conf driver from radeon to vesa works and creates a
reasonable environment. This seems to have manifested itself since
2.6.15-rc1.

The laptop is a Compaq NX9600 with maximum memory and a large disk.

Should anyone care for further data captured from /proc, config, logs
and etc., I'll be glad to forward them along.  I'd also be willing to
debug and/or test whatever suggestions might be made.

thanks,

bob


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On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 20:42 -0500, Bob Picco wrote:

I have machine lockups on 2.6.15 with gentoo bits and lastest x11-org
bits. A simple startx with three xterms doesn't even render the fonts
correctly.  Eventually the machine wedges and can't be pinged.
Switching the xorg.conf driver from radeon to vesa works and creates a
reasonable environment. This seems to have manifested itself since
2.6.15-rc1.

The laptop is a Compaq NX9600 with maximum memory and a large disk.

Should anyone care for further data captured from /proc, config, logs
and etc., I'll be glad to forward them along.  I'd also be willing to
debug and/or test whatever suggestions might be made.

Is DRI enabled ? If yes, try disabling it. Recent kernels have the r300
enable DRM, thus X will automatically enable use of CCE acceleration
even for simple 2D, but that isn't very stable on those cards yet.

Ben.



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Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:	[Thu Jan 05 2006, 04:56:53AM EST]

On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 20:42 -0500, Bob Picco wrote:

quoted

I have machine lockups on 2.6.15 with gentoo bits and lastest x11-org
bits. A simple startx with three xterms doesn't even render the fonts
correctly.  Eventually the machine wedges and can't be pinged.
Switching the xorg.conf driver from radeon to vesa works and creates a
reasonable environment. This seems to have manifested itself since
2.6.15-rc1.

The laptop is a Compaq NX9600 with maximum memory and a large disk.

Should anyone care for further data captured from /proc, config, logs
and etc., I'll be glad to forward them along.  I'd also be willing to
debug and/or test whatever suggestions might be made.

Is DRI enabled ? If yes, try disabling it. Recent kernels have the r300
enable DRM, thus X will automatically enable use of CCE acceleration
even for simple 2D, but that isn't very stable on those cards yet.

Ben.

From xorg.conf:
# This loads the DRI module
#    Load       "dri"

So DRI is disabled.

bob


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On 1/5/06, Bob Picco [off-list ref] wrote:

From xorg.conf:
# This loads the DRI module
#    Load       "dri"

So DRI is disabled.

Not neccessrily. IIRC I disabled explicit loading of dri because it
loaded automagically.

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On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 21:30 +0100, Michal Suchanek wrote:

On 1/5/06, Bob Picco [off-list ref] wrote:> From xorg.conf:> # This loads the DRI module> #    Load     
  "dri">> So DRI is disabled.>Not neccessrily. IIRC I disabled explicit loading of dri because itloaded automagically.

Best is to move the kernel module out of the way

Ben.




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