** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati
  
  (this might be related to 108527, 195051 etc, but is freezing at a
  different location)
  
  running up-to-date 8.04.1 on a laptop, replacing SuSE 10.2 that was
  outdated but running smoothly.
  
  xserver-xorg-video-ati version:  1:6.8.0-1
  
  random screen freeze, always during cursor movement (using touchpad); 
experienced it in serveral applications, including synaptic, f-spot and firefox.
- cursor is still moving, but keyboard and buttons are dead. 
+ cursor is still moving, but keyboard and buttons are dead. CPU usage near 
100%.
  first tried to start gdb during the freeze, resulting in gdb error. 
ltrace/strace during freeze just said "--- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) ---.
  
  then followed  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Backtracing guidelines.
  
  backtrace shows freeze occurring at ioctl() from drmDMA() in
  RADEONCPGetBuffer()

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[Hardy, 8.04.1] radeon 9600 random screen freeze
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250770
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