On Die, 2002-11-05 at 16:20, Christophe Saout wrote: > Am Die, 2002-11-05 um 02.16 schrieb Michel D�nzer: > > > On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 15:33, Christophe Saout wrote: > > > > > Similar problems here. Different kernels (2.4.18, 2.4.19, 2.5.4x), > > > Radeon 8500, radeon driver from DRI CVS. The first time the switch into > > > graphics mode always works. But restarting or resetting the X server > > > (even turning it off and trying to rerun it hours later) or switching to > > > text mode and switching back often kills the whole machine (very > > > randomly, ~50% of the time). The video mode switch itself succeeds and I > > > can see the old date in the frame buffer, but then the machine freezes > > > and it doesn't get redrawn. The machine doesn't respond to anything, > > > network is dead, the harddisk stops doing anything, completely dead. And > > > it does the same thing (most of the time) when switching resolution in X > > > (ctrl-alt-+/- oder starting a game in full screen mode). > > > > I wonder if it's related to a fix I had to make to prevent it from > > crashing this TiBook hard. In RADEONSwitchMode(), can you try changing > > RADEONCP_STOP(pScrn, info) to info->accel->Sync(pScrn) and removing the > > RADEONCP_START() call? > > Yes, and it doesn't crash any more! Wow. But the VT switching crash > still remains...
Does it crash when switching away or when switching back? There seems to be a problem stopping or starting the CP, I guess I can move that inside the fbdev case in SwitchMode(), but there's no way around it when switching away... > > Also, you seem to be running an older Athlon box, which were said to be > > unstable with Radeons. Do you use any AGP related options? > > Just AGPMode 2. Same problem with 1x? Also, this isn't by chance related to that problem with Athlons and AGP which was big news a couple months ago? -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
