Yes I just get the same problem with RADEON m7p mobility think it'S a problem 
with wakeup signal.

sergio

On Friday 12 April 2002 09:26, K. Petersen wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Jens Owen wrote:
> > "K. Petersen" wrote:
> > > I have come upon a reproducible lockup on my system when switching from
> > > a console virtual terminal to X.  It can be produced as follows:
> > >
> > > Begin X
> > > Switch back to a virtual console
> > > Switch back to X
> >
> > Does this cause the problem every time?
> >
> > Also, just to confirm...you don't have to run even one 3D application in
> > order to see this problem?
>
> The problem does indeed occur every time.  After doing some more thorough
> investigations and experimenting, I have discovered some revised
> information.  Here is a more detailed description of what happens.
>
> When I switch back to X, the X server begins to take 100% of the cpu time.
> As reported by top, this is system time, not user.
> It is not possible to switch between vc's in this state by using
> ctrl-alt-f1, for instance.  However, ctrl-alt-del does reboot, so the
> keyboard is not completely locked.
> From a remote login, it is possible for root to `killall -9 X`.  This then
> allows switching of vc's again.  However, the screen shows a corrupted
> version of the X display until mode3 is run.
> With the proper display restored, it can be found that vc/7 is not freed
> when X is killed.  It can be switched to, and has a blinking underscore
> unlike the higher unused vc's.
>
> If I now start X again, there is a slightly different effect.
> When X is started, the monitor goes into power saving mode.  It is again
> impossible to switch virtual consoles, but the keyboard responds to
> ctrl-alt-del.
> top shows that X is taking 100% of cpu time, but now it is user rather
> than system.  X can be killed with the -9 option by root.  mode3 is
> ineffective at restoring the display in this condition, however.
> The only way I know of restoring the display at this point is rebooting.
>
>
> So, as described here, no 3d applications are run to cause this, just the
> presence of the enabled DRI.  Hopefully this new description will be more
> insightful than the original.
>
> > > I hope this has been a reasonably thorough description of the problem,
> > > now my hardware and software configuration.
> > >
> > > Hardware:
> > > ATI Radeon 64DDR
> > > AMD AthlonMP in SMP configuration
> > > AMD 760MP chipset on a Tyan S2460 Motherboard
> > >
> > > Software:
> > > Linux kernel 2.4.18
> > > Latest DRI cvs, with kernel module from the dri
> >
> > Are you building this yourself?  If so, it might be useful to build a
> > static X server.  I've attached host.def you could place over
> > xc/config/cf/host.def to build a static server with just the ati driver.
>
> I am building this myself.  Unfortunately, I didn't recieve the attatched
> host.def file.  If you could send it again, I'd be more than happy to
> rebuild with it, if it will help in diagnosing this.
>
>
> --Kalen
>
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