Hi Mario, Please revert to the ati driver, start the X server, let it fail as usual, log on the machine with ssh and send us the output of: /usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg-core/script 3>&1
Also, you could eventually try with the "radeon" driver instead of ati, it makes a difference, sometimes. Thanks, Brice Mario Frasca wrote: > Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati > Version: 1:6.6.3-2 > Severity: important > > I have no idea what to describe... I'm used to start the machine with > a graphical prompt (gdm). if I use the ati Driver, the x server does > not start, the machine becomes unresponsive and all I can do is go to an > other machine, log remotely in, correct the Driver line to "fbdev", ..., > then I did not understand if I have to wait (that gdm respawns the login) > or if I have to kill the half started and totally unusable X server. > > the first time the fbdev driver starts up after ati it is also not usable, > but I bet this to be caused by problems left by the ati driver... > > this problem appeared after a new install. on the same machine but with > an other hard disk I was using the ati driver... after the reinstallation > (first days of january) I could not use ati any more and had to go back > to fbdev (where bug 327497 had luckly been solved...) > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 4.0 > APT prefers proposed-updates > APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), > (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') > Architecture: powerpc (ppc) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-powerpc > Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > > Versions of packages xserver-xorg-video-ati depends on: > ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.1.1-18 X.Org X server -- core server > > xserver-xorg-video-ati recommends no packages. > > -- no debconf information > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]