Bug#645007: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: Radeon assert crashes with non-GL apps

[Michel Dänzer]

On Die, 2011-10-11 at 12:56 -0400, Daniel Hagerty wrote: 
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
> Version: 1:6.13.1-2+squeeze1
> Severity: important
> 
> This machine experiences random crashes of its X server, with:
> 
> X: ../../radeon/radeon_cs_gem.c:181: cs_gem_write_reloc: Assertion `boi->space_accounted' failed.
> 
> being reported by the X server on its way down.  Unlike other examples
> of this crash I've found, it can be trigged by simple, non-GL
> programs.  I've confirmed two xscreensavers, apollonian and celtic, as
> repeatable triggers.

I can't seem to reproduce it with those xscreensaver hacks. Can you try
if it still happens for you with a newer driver (e.g. from
backports.debian.org)?


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