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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

System freezes when starting X (ATI R500)

Bug #360565 reported by Gordon Hopper on 2009-04-13

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #285603: MASTER: xserver crash, performs poorly, or other severe problem when loading the radeon driver if -fglrx has not been properly removed first. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati

Similar to bug #328531, except the entire system freezes.

The Ubuntu boot splash screen displays fine, but when we get around to starting X, garbage is displayed on the screen, and the computer completely locks up.
Tried the "xfix" option from the recovery menu, but this did not change anything.

Just upgraded to Jaunty (beta).

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
LsHal:

Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.1-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.28-11-generic (buildd@rothera) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) ) #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 8 04:38:53 UTC 2009
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

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Gordon Hopper (gohopper) wrote on 2009-04-13:

Dependencies.txt Edit (4.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LsMod.txt Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LsPci.txt Edit (21.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (28.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (28.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
system.txt Edit (277 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Gordon Hopper (gohopper) wrote on 2009-04-14:

I was wrong about the computer being totally locked up. Only the console is locked up. I was able to ssh in from another box. Running X under gdb gives:
/usr/bin/X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so: undefined symbol: atiddxAbiDixLookupPrivate

This is a duplicate of bug #345669 or bug #285603

Following the instructions in bug #285603 fixed the problem:
sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx* xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati
sudo service gdm restart