Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:16:48 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, eivinde@terraplane.org Subject: Re: Freebsd 8.1 + xorg + radeonhd hang Message-ID: <201009132016.o8DKGmw5053180@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20100913191158.M94911@rumrunner.mine.nu>
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Eivind E <eivinde@terraplane.org> wrote: > One of my machines has a Radeon X1550 graphics card. When first > installed (then as either 7.1 or 7.1 prerelease), the radeonhd driver > hung the machine hard, screen went blank, numlock and capslock > didn't work, no network (so no ssh) and I couldn't do much but > hard reset the machine. I had to use vesa for a while, then, after > upgrading, the radeonhd driver worked up until fairly recent upgrades. > Sadly I didn't try the driver very often so I don't know if upgrading > src or xorg+drivers helped the problem. > > The machine is now running FreeBSD 8.1, but after rebuilding all > packages via ports, the problem with the radeonhd driver is back, > showing exactly the same behaviour as before. Did you try the normal radeon driver (not radeonhd)? It supports the RV515 chip used by the X1550, too. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "The scanf() function is a large and complex beast that often does something almost but not quite entirely unlike what you desired." -- Chris Torek
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