On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Agustin Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 09:25:17AM +0100, Bram Senders wrote: >> On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 23:49 +0000, Roger Leigh wrote: >> > Hi folks, >> > >> > Just another datapoint for this bug. My Mac Mini has a >> > >> > 0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 >> > [Radeon 9200] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) >> > >> > and I was also bitten by this bug. My system locked hard if I tried to >> > kill X or shutdown the system (which causes kdm to stop X). It also >> > locked if I tried to switch to a VT with C-A-Fn. >> > >> > Further investigation showed that this worked perfectly if I booted the >> > system with "video=radeonfb:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" on the command-line. I can >> > now switch VTs at will, as well as start and stop X, shut down the >> > system, etc. without problems. >> > >> > However, booting with "video=ofonly" results in all the problems >> > mentioned above. >> > >> > >> > Is this the same for the other people suffering from this bug? >> >> Yes, I can confirm this. The only difference is that I have to boot >> with a lower resolution (1024x768), otherwise my monitor stays blank >> (even though it is capable of displaying higher resolutions). I can now >> switch VTs as well... this has never been possible for me before (after >> X had started, all VTs always weren't capable of being displayed >> anymore). >> >> So thank you Roger, for this hint! My Mac Mini has more functionality >> now ;-) > > Just adding that after setting my xorg to use framebuffer in /etc/xorg.conf > (through the debconf prompt) I can no longer reproduce the problem, > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > $ diff -u xorg.conf.20080505151844 xorg.conf > --- xorg.conf.20080505151844 2008-05-05 15:18:44.000000000 +0200 > +++ xorg.conf 2008-05-05 15:18:44.000000000 +0200 > @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > + Option "UseFBDev" "true"
What version of the driver are you using? This option no longer exists on 6.7.19x and newer versions of the ati driver. Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
