[rv280] X fails to start under Hardy amd64
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xserver-
G'day,
I get a complete console lock-up when gdm starts with the default xorg.conf under amd64 Hardy Herron with version 1:6.8.0-1 of xserver-
I have rebuilt most of the system (including motherboard) without replacing the video card around the time of the Hardy Herron release. Before the rebuild and under 32-bit gutsy the card appeared to function correctly. After the rebuild and under 64-bit hardy I get nowhere. My symptoms appear similar to those of Bug 67487. From a remote machine I have managed to log in and observe Xorg sitting at 100% load on one of my cores (I didn't think to check what the Xorg process was doing exactly), and the remote access is slow during the console lockup. I have tried adding Option "DefaultConnect
From lspci:
04:01.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (rev 01)
04:01.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (Secondary) (rev 01)
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jun 16 00:08:56 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: xserver-
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: xserver-
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-18-generic x86_64
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati: | |
assignee: | tormodvolden → nobody |
status: | Incomplete → Fix Released |
Thanks for your report. Can you please try to debug it remotely, with help from https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/X/Backtraci ng ? Would be good to know what Xorg is doing.