Specific to this bug where X never starts, rather than lockups after starting, I have more recent (Ubuntu 12.04) logs in downstream https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg- video-r128/+bug/1023975
Only workarounds I have found are to ForcePCIMode or Disable DRI. Could this be a uninorth_agp problem? Without really understanding what I am reading, the "AGP apterture is 256M @ 0x0" and "AGP V2 device into 0x mode" seem strange to me. On iMac with Rage128 Ultra 16M Summary of relevant (Speculated) from dmesg: dmesg | grep AGP [ 0.585628] Linux agpgart interface v0.103 [ 29.655997] agpgart-uninorth 0000:00:0b.0: Apple UniNorth/Pangea chipset [ 29.658518] agpgart-uninorth 0000:00:0b.0: configuring for size idx: 64 [ 29.736441] agpgart-uninorth 0000:00:0b.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0x0 [ 43.502188] agpgart: Couldn't find an AGP VGA controller. [ 43.502261] agpgart-uninorth 0000:00:0b.0: putting AGP V2 device into 0x mode dmesg | grep -i vga [ 0.047384] vgaarb: loaded [ 32.545041] vgaarb: this pci device is not a vga device [ 33.354151] vgaarb: this pci device is not a vga device [ 33.964274] agpgart: Couldn't find an AGP VGA controller. >From Xorg.0.log [ 265.172] (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: (DEBUG) CCE idle took i = 1025 [ 265.172] (EE) R128(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine... [ 282.882] (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: (DEBUG) CCE idle took i = 1025 [ 282.882] (EE) R128(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine... [ 298.704] (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: (DEBUG) CCE idle took i = 1025 [ 298.705] (EE) R128(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/87530 Title: [r128] Can't install Feisty Fawn Herd 4, graphic card problem Status in X.Org X server: Invalid Status in “xserver-xorg-video-ati” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I can't test/install Feisty Fawn 7.04 Herd 4, when it comes to starting X it presents black screen, keyboard is functional Ctrl+Alt+F1 gives: "Ubuntu is loading..." and Ctrl+Alt+F7 gives black screen again. 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS So, I suspect this may be a problem: Ubuntu enables DRI by default in xorg.conf, it tries to load r128 module but we have this bug open for some time now: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5562 I saw this in Edgy Eft (and Fedora Core 6) too - workaround for installing it was to replace /etc/X11/xorg.conf with working one that is different for these lines I need to comment: # Load "glx" # Load "dri" # Section "DRI" # Mode 0666 # EndSection With Edgy Eft it was different in that way that I had console working, not with Herd 4 . One can get Ati Rage 128 DRI working only with this kernel config: CONFIG_DRM=y CONFIG_DRM_R128=y It gives ~ 460 fps in glxgears then. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/87530/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
