On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Pedro R <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Alex, I set DRI to False and AGPMode to 1 and it worked.
Setting DRI to false makes the AGPMode option irrelevant. Make sure you remove the DRI option when you try the try the AGPMode options. > > There is another guy with exactly the same problem. > I'll try to find out what is exactly that is causing the problem (either the > DRI or the AGPMode). Do you know to whom i should talk to after i'm certain > of what causes it? > Both are probably AGP related and can be solved by setting the proper AGPMode for your GPU chipset combination. Alex > > --- On Mon, 5/1/09, Alex Deucher <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Alex Deucher <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: graphics corruption/hardlock with Radeon Mobility 9600 >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected] >> Date: Monday, 5 January, 2009, 8:52 PM >> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Pedro R >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > hello >> > >> > i've been having major problems with any version >> of Xorg above 7.2. I had openSUSE 10.3 running on my system >> for a year and a half when i decided to upgrade to 11.1. >> After upgrading, gdm hardlocks and show corrupted graphics. >> So i decided to try various distributions: ZenWalk, gentoo, >> fedora, debian lenny, etc. The same happens in all of them: >> at first boot into gdm, it locks up completely - ctrl + alt >> + del, ctrl + fX, even quickly pressing and depressing the >> power button doesn't work. >> > >> > Only openSUSE 10.3 (xorg 7.2) and Debian etch (7.1) >> work flawlessly. I've pinned down this problem to either >> a xorg, xorg-radeon or gdm bug, since Windows runs fine with >> 3D acceleration. >> > >> > Any ideas? I'm desperate. Never thought Windows >> would run on a machine where Linux doesn't! >> >> It's probably AGP related. Does adding this option to >> the device >> section of your xorg.conf help? >> >> Option "AGPMode" "x" >> >> Where x = 1 or 2 or 4 or 8. >> >> Some chipset/GPU combinations only work in certain modes. >> If none of >> those work, try: >> Option "BusType" "PCI" >> >> Alex > > > > _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
