Hi Ian, from your dmesg output I cannot see if you have exactly the same radeon as my R51 has (ATI Radeon RV250), but take a look at #595124 and see if the workaround (disabling agpmode) also works for you.
Also, did you report 617709 in error? It looks like a clone of 617708. cheers, Holger
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