Comment 24 for bug 38181

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chief (cb-campsf) wrote : Re: [Bug 38181] Re: Screensaver freezes on Dapper (ATI Radeon 8500 LE)

Using the "radeon" driver, not the "fglrx" driver
from ati, I had to add these options to the device
section to get xv and 3d output for my video card
(radeon 9100):

Option "MergedXinerama" "false"
Option "MergedFB" "false"

Greg Fawcett wrote:
> I have an ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (RV 250) which had the
> same symptoms - 3D
> applications would hard freeze. I can still ssh into
> the box from
> another machine, but killing X did nothing, so I
> think the freeze is
> actually the video card.
>
> The suggestion above to add
>
> Option "AGPMode" "4"
>
> to the device section of xorg.conf fixed the problem.
>
> --
> Screensaver freezes on Dapper (ATI Radeon 8500 LE)
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/38181
>