Hangs on eMachines T6212 (Radeon Xpress 200)

[Aaron Lacher]

We tested the Kubuntu live-CD (kubuntu-5.04-live-amd64.iso) download version
08-April-2005 on the emachines T6212 in a popular consumer electronics outlet.
The system appeared to function normally until after the X-server screen loaded,
with the mouse driven X cursor responding normally for about 20 seconds and then
the system locked up and would not respond to Ctrl-Alt-Backspace or a system
restart.

We also tested the Ubuntu live-CD (ubuntu-5.04-live-i386.iso) on the emachine
T6212 in the same manner with the same results.

emachines T6212
Specifications CPU: AMD Athlon™ 64 3200+ Processor (512 KB L2 cache, 2.0 GHz,
2000 MHz FSB) Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition SP2 1
Chipset: ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 Memory: 512 MB (Dual Channel 2x256MB) DDR (PC
3200) Hard Drive: 160GB HDD – 7200 RPM, 2MB cache 2 Optical Drives: 16x DVD±RW
multi-format double layer; 48x CD-ROM Media Reader: 8-in-1 Media Reader
Secure Digital (SD), Smart Media, Compact Flash, Micro Drive, Memory Stick,
Memory Stick PRO, Multimedia Card, USB 2.0 Video: ATI Radeon® Xpress 200
(PCI-Express®)
128MB Shared Video Memory Sound: 6-channel Audio Modem: 56K ITU v.92 ready
Fax/Modem Network: 10/100Mbps built-in Ethernet Peripherals: Premium Plus
Multimedia Keyboard, 2-Button Wheel Mouse, Amplified Stereo Speakers Dimensions:
7.25"w x 14.125"h x 16"d Ports/Other: 7 USB 2.0 ports (2 in front; 4 in back; 1
in Media Reader), 1 IEEE 1394 port (1 in back), 1 Serial, 1 Parallel, 2 PS/2,
Audio-In & Out Pre-Installed Software: Microsoft® Works 8.0 1, Microsoft® Money
2005, Encarta Online, Adobe® Acrobat® Reader™, Microsoft® Media Player 10,
RealNetworks RealPlayer® CyberLink® PowerDVD, Nero 6 Suite, Symantec Norton
Internet Security 2005 (90 day complimentary subscription)3, McAfee Anti-Spyware
2005 (30 day complimentary trial), BigFix®

[Daniel Stone (daniels)]

Really need a copy of /var/log/Xorg.0.log via whatever means, sorry.

[Daniel Stone (daniels)]

*** Bug 21354 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Daniel Stone (daniels)]

fixed in current versions of xorg with a fun workaround