On Die, 2011-08-16 at 00:21 +0100, Martin wrote: > Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon > Version: 1:6.13.1-2+squeeze1 > > Working with an IBM^WLenovo ThinkPad T60 with an ATi Mobility X1400 > (R520) with a fresh install of Debian Squeeze. Have attached: > > *. lspci -vv list hardware > *. uname -a, output of dmesg after boot and list of modules > *. dpkg --list giving package versions (note that linux-firmware-nonfree > is NOT installed) > *. The output of radeontool regs after the kernel radeon driver has been > loaded and X started. > *. X version information and X log, the system has no X configuration > file. > > Machine boots and starts X OK. X runs normally for a while, althought > there is no 3D acceleration. After a few minutes of using X the machine > freezes. There is no consistent trigger for this but it is often > correlated with opening or closing windows or rendering content in the > web browser. I've tried to contact the machine from another box with no > luck and a loop set to eject the cd every 120 seconds stops working so I > am fairly convinced it frozen. > > On rebooting the machine consistently fails to boot. The exact point at > which it freezes varies but it always after the drivers are loaded. > Booting with init=/bin/sh and manually loading the drivers confirms that > it is the radeon driver that hangs the machine. Disconnecting the > machine from mains power, removing the battery and leaving for > 5 > minutes does not resolve this problem. > > The only way (I've found) to return the machine to a bootable state is > to take an old Debian boot CD (Debian 4.0r0 netinstall.iso) and boot > from that. It runs kernel 2.6.18-4-486 and does not load any radeon > specific drivers, it uses vga16fb and does not run X. Booting from this > appears to be enough to reset the card and then I can boot squeeze as > before.
Weird... > Other things I've tried: > > *. The same set up on another machine -- the problem is reproducible so > I don't think it is a hardware fault. What GPU does the other machine have? > *. Installing linux-firmware-nonfree, this gives the same problem but > when setting: > > options radeon modeset=0 > > in /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf, DRI and 3D acceleration work. > However neither change resolves the problem. Please provide dmesg and Xorg.0.log with linux-firmware-nonfree installed and modeset=1. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.amd.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
