On 1/13/06, Kevin Shanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 06:02:22AM +0000, Dave Airlie wrote:
> > > the module section of xorg.conf, then it works fine. The wierd thing
> > > is that occasionally (say 1/20 attempts) the xserver will start (with
> > > dri enabled). Once it gets that far it seems perfectly stable to use,
> > > including 3d.
> > >
> > > More details are here:
> > >   http://bugs.debian.org/345729
> > >   http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-January/012206.html
> >
> > Is it actually a PCI card? btw.. it shows up as one but the chip can be
> > either..
>
> It's PCI - no AGP on this laptop. No mtrr support either, if that
> makes a difference.
>

It probably needs Ben's mem patch.  PCI cards were the most prone to
problems without it IIRC.  I think you can comment out the
busmastering lines (reg RADEON_BUS_CNTL) in RADEONSetFBLocation() as a
quick hack, it may help.  It really need the full patch.

Alex

> > I've seen some problems with transmeta AGP before, but if it is PCI then
> > it won't be that..
>
> Cheers,
> Kevin.
>
>


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