Alec Robertson wrote: > I'm running unstable but with the latest experimental ati driver from > bgoglin that works with the xserver in unstable. Version 6.6.193 works > fine with xv video and does not crash the xserver when I switch desktops > in compiz (composite + aiglx + r300). But it does have problems switching > back and forth from virtual terminals, so I have to disable pageflip. > 6.7.192 fixes this virtual terminal problem, but when I'm playing videos > with mplayer (or vlc) and I switch desktops then the xserver crashes. >
Do you have a backtrace for this crash? (either at the end of the log, or (better) with gdb) > I've tried upgrading the necessary xorg components to 7.3 but this > freezes my system when I exit the xserver with ctrl-alt-delete, > requiring a hard reboot. > Is it actually a freeze? Or just the server not restoring the VT console because it crashes before doing so (known bug in Xserver 1.4)? Please try with Xserver 1.4 anyway. You're reporting a bug against a package which has never been in Debian so far :/ > Section "Device" > # add acpi_sleep=s3_bios to boot for resume > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "radeon" > Option "AccelMethod" "XAA" # XAA (default,fast) or EXA > (slow,buggy) > Option "AGPMode" "4" # default is 1 (4x=firegl-t2) > Option "GARTSize" "64" # default is 8 Mb > Option "DynamicClocks" "on" # default is off (on=faster?) > Option "RenderAccel" "off" # default is on > (on=unsupported) > Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" # default is undefined > (required for compiz) > #Option "EnablePageFlip" "on" # default is off (on=faster > but can cause tearing) > Option "VGAAccess" "off" # default is on (not required > for radeonfb) > Option "ColorTiling" "on" # default is on > EndSection > You should try removing all these options. You should try EXA instead of XAA too (especially with Xserver 1.4). Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
