Radeon 7000 and DRI = freeze. Bug?

[Michel Dänzer]

On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 15:23 +0100, Marcos mjs wrote:
> 
> > Make sure you're using at least xf86-video-ati 6.6.3.
> 
> My X is the Xorg, the xserver-xorg-video-ati is the last in the 
> edgy repository of Ubuntu.

What's the package version? Looks like it may only be based on
xf86-video-ati 6.6.2, which lacks a DRI stability fix for Radeon 7000s.
Have you reported this to Ubuntu?


> > Check the BIOS setup for AGP related settings. Make sure the aperture is
> > at least 8 MB big and that the transfer rate matches that configured in
> > X.
> 
> The AGPMode in the bios is set to 4X.

Does changing this to 1x in xorg.conf and maybe also in the BIOS setup
make a difference?


> > If neither helps, it would be good if you could try a newer kernel or
> > drm git.
> 
> My Kernel is: Linux zeus 2.6.17-10-386

Yes, hence the request above.


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