On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 10:47 +0800, Bob wrote: > Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 14:26 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> I am running etch in an amd64 system with an ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 > >> (AGP) video card. The ATI driver from x.org doesn't work with this card, > >> after a small GUI activity, the screen freezes. I've reported this > >> problem in the past. The only workaround I've found was to install the > >> fglrx-driver package, run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and select the > >> fglrx driver instead the ati one. No more video freezes. But now totem > >> doesn't start, I get the message: The Application "totem" has quit > >> unexpectedly. This problem has to do exclusively with the fglrx driver. > >> I experimented with the ati and fglrx drivers in another i386 machine, > >> and totem didn't start with the fglrx driver. It works fine with the ati > >> driver from x.org. > >> > > > > After a *lot* of googling, I discovered that the problem with the xorg > > driver is the glx module. Disabling it I can use the xorg ati driver > > without problems. And I can run totem and grace too! (they didn't work > > with the driver from ATI) fortunately the machine is only for work, so I > > can do perfectly well without the glx module... I guess > >
> Mmm, I use glx on 3 different radeons, what page suggested that was the > problem? what kind of radeon are they? the problem seems to be with the amd64 port. I didn't keep the page, sorry. Only the message regarding the glx module. But the prove is that now, with out the glx module loaded, I can use the system. > When the screen freezes is it just the screen? Can you ssh in and have > a look at x log? when freezes, the only way to go out is with a hard reboot, which takes you to another screen which freezes again... Mouse works, but I can do anything. x log shows nothing... regards Marcelo > -- > Garrr, do your bit for global warming, become a pirate, you can "borrow" my > copy of Windows 95 if you want. > -- Marcelo Chiapparini [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
