From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>
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Subject: Re: 2.6.10-rc1-bk12 still hangs when starting X on a radeon 9200 SE card
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 23:23:10 -0400
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On Tuesday 02 November 2004 18:16, Helge Hafting wrote:
>I reported this for 2.6.9, the problem
>still exist in 2.6.10-rc1-bk12
>
>Linux dies if I try to start x on my radeon 9200 SE pci card.
>The screen goes black, and there is no response from the keyboard.
>Even sysrq doesn't work, I have to use the reset button.
>
>2.6.8.1 does not have this problem.  This is an
>opteron machine, running a x86 kernel.
>

Helge:  I'm running the -bk7 kernel here on a 2800XP Athlon, using
that video card.  Other than slower glxgears than I'd like, no
problems with the video.

I'll snip your lspci and insert mine for comparison:

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
01:07.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (rev 01)
02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (Secondary) (rev 01)

Are there any noticeable diffs?

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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