reopen 389017 This bug was closed without solution.
Please note that with the OP's "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10" it indeed should be possible to use the UseFBDev in xorg.conf if using a version of xserver-xorg-video-ati other than the one that now seems to be broken. The machine where this works with a different version also is a PPC Powerbook. Details below. Following a few snippets from the local xorg.conf that does not crash X on the hardware mentioned further down below, when using a patched version [Please see #369167 for more on it], namely xserver-xorg-video-ati 6.5.8.0-1 ********************************************* Section "Module" Load "bitmap" Load "dbe" Load "ddc" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "record" Load "type1" Load "v4l" Load "vbe" Load "evdev" EndSection ------------------------- Section "Device" Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon R250 Lf [FireGL 9000]" Driver "ati" BusID "PCI:0:16:0" Option "UseFBDev" "true" Option "AGPSize" "16" Option "AGPMode" "4" Option "EnablePageFlip" Option "DRIReinit" "true" # Option "BackingStore" "True" EndSection ********************************************* And here's the hardware where "UseFBDev" works: $ lspci -v | grep -i radeon 0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Rad eon 9600 M10] (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] The machine: $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : 7447A, altivec supported clock : 1666.666000MHz revision : 0.5 (pvr 8003 0105) bogomips : 33.15 timebase : 8320000 platform : PowerMac machine : PowerBook5,8 motherboard : PowerBook5,8 MacRISC3 Power Macintosh detected as : 287 (PowerBook G4 15") pmac flags : 00000019 L2 cache : 512K unified pmac-generation : NewWorld For the sake of completeness: Please note that even with the working xserver-xorg-video-ati 6.5.8.0-1 I occasionally have the problem when booting the machine or when switching, IIRC, from X to a console, that the screen gets unreadable, with nothing on it than a changing mix of colors. It's looking like a sixties' lightshow then, like the ones seen on rock concerts at that time. Hard to describe. But simply getting the machine into sleep mode, and waking it up again, solves this, IIRC. Also please note that I want to upgrade as soon as possible to this, as it seems, broken version of xserver-xorg-video-ati. I will delay the upgrade if you think the old, now running version might help to debug this issue. Again: Seeing #369167 might help .... Thanks for your efforts Best Regards Wolfgang -- Wolfgang Pfeiffer: /ICQ: 286585973/ + + + /AIM: crashinglinux/ http://profiles.yahoo.com/wolfgangpfeiffer Key ID: E3037113 http://keyserver.mine.nu/pks/lookup?search=0xE3037113&fingerprint=on -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]