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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #67487
  2. Comment #239

Comment 239 for bug 67487

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fuzzyBSc (benjamincarlyle-soundadvice) wrote : Re: [regression][rv280] Hardy regression

G'day,

I believe I am experiencing this same problem so many years later. My install is Hardy Heron, amd64. I have rebuilt most of the system without replacing the video card. 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.

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)
More detailed output attached.

It's hard to get diagnostics out as the console is inaccessible from the moment gdm starts. I cannot change back to a text console. Caps-lock is non-responsive. From a remote machine I have managed to log in and observe X sitting at 100% load on one of my cores, and the machine runs slowly.

I have tried adding Option "DefaultConnectorTable" "on", hoping this was a dupe of Bug 157408. My current workaround is to add Driver "vesa" to the Device section of xorg.conf.

I can supply more details if required.

Benjamin.