----- Original Message ----- From: "Charl P. Botha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michel D�nzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 7:03 AM Subject: Re: [XFree86] 4.2.99.4 no display, locked keyboard (Radeon 7500 Mobility)
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 02:50:22PM +0100, Michel D�nzer wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 03:36, Charl P. Botha wrote: > > > I just built 4.2.99.4 from CVS on my Radeon 7500 Mobility laptop. > > > Starting X yields a blank display and a locked keyboard. Attempting to kill > > > X or shutdown the laptop via ssh results in a complete system lockup. > > > > > > 4.2.99.3 works perfectly on the *exact* same configuration. I've attached > > > my XFree86.0.log although it seems to be normal. > > > > [...] > > > > > (WW) RADEON(0): Restoring MEM_CNTL (00000000), setting to 2d002d01 > > > (WW) RADEON(0): Restoring CONFIG_MEMSIZE (04000000), setting to > > > 04000000 > > > > Have you been following the discussion about this code? Do any of the > > workarounds suggested in that thread (about '7200 support') help? > > Thanks for pointing this out Michel. I just tried the workaround on > 4.2.99.4 as documented in > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00961.html by Hui. The > MEM_CNTL and CONFIG_MEMSIZE warnings do not appear in my XFree86.0.log > (attached) anymore, but I still get the same symptoms: black screen, dead > keyboard, machine locks up completely if I attempt a shutdown via ssh. > > I have confirmed (again) that 4.2.99.3 works perfectly on the exact same > configuration. MEM_CNTL problem shouldn't cause machine to lock up. To narrow down your problem, as Michel suggested, can you disable DRI to see if the lockup still happens? Hui > Thanks, > Charl > > -- > charl p. botha http://cpbotha.net/ http://visualisation.tudelft.nl/ > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
