On 19/11/2007, Brice Goglin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > found 444049 1:6.7.196-1 > retitle 444049 ati: locks up radeon 9000/9250 in AGP mode > thank you > > > > Michal Suchanek wrote: > > Yes, it works in PCI mode. 6.7.196 is still broken. > > > > Unless somebody specifically tries to fix this or there are changes > > that are likely to fix this I guess there is not much point in trying > > more builds. > > Actually, it's not clear at all that it is a software bug. It could > well be your AGP bridge just not being totally spec-compliant and thus > freezing the machine under high load. PCI mode requires a little bit > less than AGP, and the hardware can support it more easily.
I see the lockups on two very different machines, one i440, one K8M800 or somesuch (MSI MS-7181 VER:10). However, I haven't verified that PCI mode fixes it on the Via one because I use it only for testing and installations so I would not run it for long enough to be sure. Thanks Michal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
