2011/12/23 mh <[email protected]>:
> Salute:
>
> I'm having the same issue using two different distros on the same hardware 
> (two drives).
>
> When I'm running Arch, I'm running xorg-server 1.11.3-1 , using  
> xf86-video-ati 6.14.3-1
>
> On Debian, sid, I have xserver-xorg-core 1.11.2.902-1, using 
> xserver-xorg-video-radeon 6.14.3-2
>
I'd like you to start e via gdb (compile e with debugging symbols, see
our wiki). Then break on _e_randr_crtc_info_set and step through that
function until bad things (crash) happens.

> mike
>
>
> On Dec 23, 2011, at 3:52 AM, Andrea Suisani wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> sorry for not being able to join
>> the irc debug session last evening...
>>
>> though it seems we have have narrowed
>> the problem down to a peculiar comibination
>> of HW (ATI HD 5770/5750), e17 ver,
>> xorg version and x org drivere version.
>>
>> just trying get a more clear picture
>> I'm running X.Org X Server 1.10.4
>> with fglrx used as video driver (defined
>> in xorg.conf) installed using
>>
>> apt-get install fglrx-updates
>>
>> on an ubuntu box ver 11.10, that's
>> the output of uname -a:
>>
>> Linux suino 3.0.0-14-server #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Nov 21 20:49:05 UTC 2011 
>> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> Mike what's your xorg version and
>> which driver are you using for your
>> 5770?
>>
>> I'm going to try to configure my Xorg
>> dropping the binary only driver and using
>> instead the one provided by:
>>
>> xserver-xorg-video-radeon
>>
>> i.e.
>>
>> http://www.x.org/wiki/radeon
>>
>> I'll report back
>>
>>
>> Andrea
>>
>> On 12/22/2011 08:49 PM, mh wrote:
>>> Leif,
>>>
>>> Following up on our irc session today: I deleted 
>>> /opt/e17/lib/enlightenment/conf_randr and restarted e. Still had the black 
>>> screen with gkrellm.
>>>
>>> Decided to try something else: I took  the 5770 video card out of the box 
>>> and tried the onboard video, which is a Radeon HD 4200. Restarted e, and 
>>> the display worked properly. Recompiled e to rev 66466, and it worked fine. 
>>> Shutdown, the reinstalled the Radeon HD 5770 based video card and 
>>> restarted, back to a black display with gkrellm still working.
>>>
>>> So, from there I went back to the vt and recompiled e from v. 66218 and 
>>> restarted e. Display and system worked fine. So that's where I'm at right 
>>> now.
>>>
>>> mike
>>
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