Liviu Andronic wrote: > (Sorry for the long re-naming, but I fell the thread should get its > proper name as the issue evolves) > > On 8/17/09, Wolodja Wentland <wentl...@cl.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote: >> and voilĂ the system reboots and your data is as safe as possible. >> > Thank you, I completely forgot about this one. Two issues though: > 1. In an older discussion on Gentoo ML, it was suggested that the > SysRq procedure was normally designed for emergency situations only, > and not for regular usage. Currently my laptop would qualify for SysRq > shutdowns/reboots, but I would prefer to avoid using it for months. > > 2. Restarting X, such as when I log off Xfce and gdm restarts, will > fail. This is almost certainly caused by the fglrx driver/setup, to > which I switched these days. I also believe that this failure causes > the kernel panic on shutdowns/reboots after X failed to restart > (although panics can sometimes not happen). > > On gdm restart, X will complain of "ddm" module already built in. > There are no such complaints during regular system boot, and initial > start-up of X. > > Would anyone have ideas on how to get to the bottom of this issue? > Thank you > Liviu > > ###### Sys info ########## > -Computer- > Processor : 2x AMD Turion(tm) X2 Dual-Core Mobile RM-72 > Memory : 3804MB (1014MB used) > Operating System : Debian GNU/Linux squeeze/sid > User Name : liviu (Liviu) > Date/Time : Tue 18 Aug 2009 11:50:14 BST > -Display- > Resolution : 1280x800 pixels > OpenGL Renderer : ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics > X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation [...snip] > -Version- > Kernel : Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (x86_64) > Compiled : #1 SMP Sun Jun 21 04:47:08 UTC 2009 > C Library : GNU C Library version 2.9 (stable) > Default C Compiler : GNU C Compiler version 4.3.3 (Debian 4.3.3-14) > Distribution : Debian GNU/Linux squeeze/sid
Hi, I recently bought a HP 6730s with a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430 graphic chip. I run Squeeze/Sid AMD64 just like you, and with 2.6.26* kernel and the associated fglrx I ran into all kind of troubles: impossibility to switch between virtual consoles, acpi going havoc with computer sometime not halting, bunch of weird errors in dmesg and Xorg.o.log, screen never coming up after kdm restart... I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.30*, xorg and fglrx from Sid, and it's working like a charm. It's working great with the radeon driver too, with full 2D acceleration, but 3D performances are still really poor. I can restart kdm without problem and switch back and forth virtual consoles. Maybe the kernel/fglrx couple is just too old, and pre 9.5 fglrx are known to have all kind of issues with virtual consoles switching. Hope it helps. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org