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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:57:34 +0100
From: Alessandro Suardi <alessandro.suardi@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: 2.6.11-rc3-bk9 (radeon) hangs hard my laptop
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:59:20 +0100, Alessandro Suardi
<alessandro.suardi@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:49:05 +0100, Alessandro Suardi
> <alessandro.suardi@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dell Latitude C640, PIV @1.8Ghz, 1GB RAM, uptodate FC2
> >
> > -bk7 (which I currently rebooted in) is okay.
> > -bk9 at first try got me to the login prompt, logged in, ran startx...
> >  frozen with the black background before seeing anything.
> >
> > Second try hung well before, at the point where it switches the
> >  radeonfb on.
> >
> > Only cure is to keep the power button pressed for 10".
> >
> > Will try building -bk8 (which is currently running on my
> >  old desktop K7-800) and report...
> 
> -bk8 which I'm now booted in is also OK, so something
>  broke between -bk8 and -bk9... attached .config and
>  /var/log/messages from the boot in -bk8 and the one
>  in -bk9 which succeeded before hanging on startx.

It's definitely the new radeon changes - replacing
 drivers/video/aty/* and include/video/radeon.h in the
 -bk9 tree with the ones from -bk8 causes the hang to
 not reproduce anymore. CC'd Ben and edited subject
 to more accurately reflect the issue.

Thanks,

--alessandro

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  I do have a will - No limit to my reach"
  
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