On Monday 20 February 2006 19:02, Aapo Tahkola wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:48:24 -0500
>
> Patrick McFarland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Monday 20 February 2006 16:36, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > > On 2/20/06, Patrick McFarland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On Monday 20 February 2006 17:09, Aapo Tahkola wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:45:54 -0500
> > > > >
> > > > > Patrick McFarland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > Well, I finally upgraded my Radeon 8500 to a Radeon 9600, however
> > > > > > trying to use Xorg's DRI drivers with it causes X to completely
> > > > > > lock up on startup. ATI's binary drivers work fine, however.
> > > > > > Also, starting Xorg without Load "dri" works fine Xorg's radeon
> > > > > > driver.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So, whats wrong?
> > > > >
> > > > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5912 might have some
> > > > > useful options to try. Also make sure fast writes arent enabled.
> > > > >
> > > > > Lastly, radeon memory map issues come to mind.
> > > >
> > > > I already did all the usual turn off fast writes and 8x in bios
> > > > thing. What I don't get is that the binary drivers work fine, and
> > > > Windows works fine.
> > > >
> > > > I'm wondering if its an incompatibility with the hardware. Its a
> > > > RV350 AP plugged into a K8 running in 32 bit mode.
> > >
> > > why would be it incompatible if it works with fglrx and windows?
> >
> > I meant with DRI.
>
> r300 driver doesnt kick in until you start some 3d app.
> Given that, the fault is either in ddx or drm.

I'm not sure if I mentioned this, but I think I did (and if I didn't, please 
kick my ass), commenting out Load "DRI" makes it work as well.

> What model & brand is this card?
> How much memory?

I'm not sure how much model & brand helps, its still a Radeon RV350 AP; its a 
"SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600 Pro Advantage 100562 Radeon 9600PRO 256MB 128-bit DDR 
AGP 4X/8X Video Card", 
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814102407

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