It's an incompatibility between kernel 2.6.15 and ATI's drivers. There's a patch on the Arch forums[1] (it's a short thread, easy to find the patch) that's working well enough for me, but as far as I know ATI doesn't officially support 2.6.15 yet.
[1] http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=17668&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 -- Travis Benjamin Wild wrote: > I've got the same problem. I allready updatet my fglrx drivers to the current > official release (from ati) but the problem still exists. > I would like to know if this is only a problem with archck or also with the > ati-drivers build for the stock kernel? > (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=3322&O=0&L=0&C=0&K=ati-drivers&SB=&SO=&PP=25&do_MyPackages=0&do_Orphans=0&SeB=nd) > > >> Hey guys, >> >> Is it just me or is X (completely) freezing a few minutes into the >> session when the fglrx module is loaded with 2.6.15 running? I know it >> said ati-drivers was updated on the 19th and the kernel26archck was on >> the 18th. But that doesn't seem to have helped. I'm using the radeon >> driver, which is functional but not fun. Sorry to bug you, iphitus, >> but I'm sure a lot of people are have the same problem. Please try to >> put out a better release perhaps with Xorg 7. Maybe the drivers are >> meant for 7, who knows. There is a serious bug b/t those drivers and >> the bleeding edge kernel. >> >> Anyone else who is having this problem please post. Thanks. >> >> Vivek >> >> _______________________________________________ >> arch mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch >> > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > > _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
