I have tried it with 2.4.10 and 2.4.12.   I will try the next kernel 
revision as soon as the source gets packaged up into debian/unstable.

Sprague, IT3 wrote:

>I think this may actually be a kernel issue... I've got the same card, but
>with a KT133 chipset, and I can't say I've ever had a crash (well, when I
>tried to use DRI on the Radeon and Rage 128 at the same time, but...). I've
>heard reports of a conflict between the Irongate and the Radeon, maybe
>updating to the latest kernel revision would help.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Bowden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 6:35 AM
>To: Michel D�nzer; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [Xpert]irongate vs radeon
>
>
>After a little experimentation and a lot of waiting for my machine to 
>reboot I have determined that it has nothing to do with GDM at all. 
> Even startx can hose my machine.  The only thing that keeps things 
>remotely useable is the fact that it never locks up the machine the 
>first time it runs.
>
>So where does the Radeon driver development take place?  Is there a 
>place to report this sort of thing so that the debugging can happen?
>
>
>I wrote:
>
>>I got my Radeon working on an Irongate (AMD-751 chipset) system using 
>>the patched xfree86 from debian/unstable.  It's all 3D accellerated 
>>and AGP'd using this config (excerpt):
>>
>>Section "Module"
>>   Load "GLcore"
>>   Load "dri"
>>   Load "dbe"
>>
>>   SubSection "extmod"
>>     Option "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
>>   EndSubSection
>>
>>   Load "type1"
>>   Load "freetype"
>>   Load "glx"
>>EndSection
>>
>>Section "Device"
>>   Identifier  "RADEON"
>>   Driver      "radeon"
>>   Option     "AGPMode" "2"
>>   VideoRam    65535
>>EndSection
>>
>>
>>So why am I posting?   Because about 50% of the time when I log out of 
>>my gdm session my machine locks up.  Since it never locks up when I 
>>force gdm to quit, I am guessing it is during the restart sequence. 
>>Does anyone have a workaround other  "don't use gdm" to keep this from 
>>happening?   Or alternatively, is this going to be fixed any time soon?
>>
>
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