On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 10:57 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Sam, 2010-12-25 at 17:29 -0500, dpickett wrote: > > It appears the entire machine is locking up when I try to startx. > > > > I can boot the machine into Linux single mode and ssh into it from > > another machine. When I type "startx" the see several lines of text > > flash by, and then a blank screen. The ssh window on the other machine > > freezes. I can't ping the Linux machine, either. > > If you just modprobe radeon first, do things keep working until you try > to start X? > > Does commenting out Option "AGPMode" help? If not, does using "4" > instead of "8" for its value help? If not, does Option "BusType" "PCIE" > help? In each case please verify in the Xorg.0.log file that the > modification is taking effect as intended. > > It would also be interesting to see updated kernel output, at least the > AGP/DRM related bits. > > You might be able to get more complete logs after a lockup by running > > sudo mount -o remount,sync / > > before reproducing the problem.
I meant to add that since the drivers you're using are rather old, there's a good chance your problem could be solved by upgrading the kernel and/or X driver. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org