xorg DRI to hang with ATI 9600 pro

[Goldenear]

My vga board is an ATI radeon 9600 pro (radeon fglrx). Xorg hangs the computer if DRI is not commented (disabled) in xorg.conf.
This is a big problem as DRI is activated by default (after a fresh install). I had to boot in recovery mode and edit xorg.conf by hand to comment DRI.

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

are you using ati driver or fglrx?

[Goldenear (goldenear)]

I use the default ati driver installed by kubuntu. So after the first reboot
(after kubuntu installation is finished) the screen become black and the
computer seems to be hung (keyboard doesn't reply, unable to switch VC or to
reboot).Please find attached my xorg.conf (with DRI commented in order to
make X work).

Regards.
Nicolas

> are you using ati driver or fglrx?
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: xorg => xserver-xorg-driver-ati
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
 # path to defoma fonts
 FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Load "i2c"
 Load "bitmap"
 Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
 Load "extmod"
 Load "freetype"
 Load "glx"
 Load "int10"
 Load "type1"
 Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver "kbd"
 Option "CoreKeyboard"
 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
 Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
 Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
 Option "XkbVariant" "latin9"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 AP [Radeon 9600]"
 Driver "ati"
 BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "FLATRON 775F"
 Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 AP [Radeon 9600]"
 Monitor "FLATRON 775F"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 1
  Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 4
  Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 8
  Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 15
  Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 16
  Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 24
  Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624...

[Bigrou (francois-lb)]

Hi
I have the same problem with Kubuntu Dapper Flight 6 and a Radeon Pro 9800

[sean (sean-rains)]

Have you tried using the Vesa drivers, or installing the fglrx dirvers? There have been similar bugs reported with the ati drivers on later ATI chips, and often switching to vesa or fglrx solves the problem.

Also, does anyone know how much effort would be involved in including the fglrx drivers in the installation? And is this an appropriate place to ask that question?

[ingbraun (ingbert-braun-deactivatedaccount)]

I can confirm this bug. I have a ATI 9600 and the X-Server completely hangs my system when starting. The screen blanks and I cannot use keyboard or mouse etc , only hard reset!
This happens with the live-CD (Dapper, Edgy) and with the configuration after install.
It seems that the problem is dri-related, since disabling dri gets the radeon working - but 3D is of course very slow. Also vesa-driver is a solution.
This bug annoys me since 5.10 - and it has not been fixed since.
In FC6 the card is set up correctly - no problems with the radeon driver there and 3D-performance looks much better there (I will check this). The FC6 Xorg.conf is very short, no extensions loaded at all - but all software (tvtime, OpenGL sreensavers...) is working - even 3D desktop.
The fglrx-drivers worked fine for me in 6.6 and 5.10 (with dri, without overlay), I have not tried them so far in edgy.

By the way: The "Safe Graphics mode" on the live-install-CD doesn't help also, which seems kind of stupid to me. This should use the vesa-driver or ask the user, which driver to use...
The only way to install is alternate cd...

I don't know if this is related to the dri bug with the Radeon 7000 series
Regards, Peter

[Stéphane Marguet (stemp)]

Don't know if it help, but here is the xorg.conf for my ATI 9600.

lspci :
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon 9600]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon 9600] (Secondary)

[Mark Bergsma (mark-wikimedia)]

I am seeing the same with the Edgy Live CD, and a Radeon 9600. The system freezes when X fires up, and the Live CD is not usable at all.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Can you try setting AGP speed in BIOS to 4x instead of 8x ? This is reported to help in bug #67487 which might be a duplicate.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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