Further research: when attempting to place the "top" screen in any other position (left, right, or below other displays), it displays the same noise, but the system doesn't hang. Syslog and kern.log are spammed with a new message:
Oct 22 13:08:28 guilmon kernel: [ 1105.381816] radeon 0000:02:00.0: couldn't schedule ib
Oct 22 13:08:28 guilmon kernel: [ 1105.381824] [drm:radeon_cs_ib_chunk] *ERROR* Failed to schedule IB !
Further research: when attempting to place the "top" screen in any other position (left, right, or below other displays), it displays the same noise, but the system doesn't hang. Syslog and kern.log are spammed with a new message:
Oct 22 13:08:28 guilmon kernel: [ 1105.381816] radeon 0000:02:00.0: couldn't schedule ib cs_ib_chunk] *ERROR* Failed to schedule IB !
Oct 22 13:08:28 guilmon kernel: [ 1105.381824] [drm:radeon_