[plug] OS Radeon drivers

[chris]

On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 15:00, Russell Steicke wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 01:42:46PM +0800, chris wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have an issue with KDE on Debian Sid where it often will freeze up
> > when using 
> > alt-tab. At this point I cannot restart X or switch to a virtual
> > terminal. 
> > 
> > I can still do limited things on the K menu like log-out. 
> > 
> > I have been told that there is a bug on the ATI driver for Radeon 9200se
> > and that the open source driver (while lacking some features due to IP
> > reasons) is much more stable.
> > 
> > Does anyone here know how I can switch over to the open source driver. 
> 
> My laptop has this chipset:
> 
> $ sudo lspci
> ...
> 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
> ...
> $ 
> 
> And has this Device in XF86Config:
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
>         Driver          "radeon"
>         BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
>         VideoRam        32768
> EndSection
> 
> radeon(4x) says that the radeon driver is for both your and my chipsets.
> 
> However, you implied that you're using a proprietary ATI driver.  That
> doesn't appear to be the case: you're using the vesa driver, which is
> for generic video cards.  I suppose it can't hurt to try the other
> driver anyway.
> 

OK I posted that snipped of the config file because I was very
suspicious that was the case. lspci gives me:

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280
[Radeon
9200                                                              SE]
(rev 01)
0000:01:00.1 Displplay controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon
9200 SE] (Se                                                            
condary) (rev 01)


So I guess I can try the Radeon driver you specified. Is that the OS one
or the vendor driver?

It will take a while for me to find out if it has fixed the problem
because it only occurs about once every 2-3 days.
> 
> 
> > 
> > I usually don't care much about graphics drivers but this freezing up is
> > really 
> > any issue. 
> > 
> > The XF86 config I'm using was generated using Knoppix.Section "Device"
> > is as follows: 
> > 
> > Section "Device"
> >         ### Available Driver options are:-
> > # sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards
> >         #Option     "sw_cursor"
> >         #Option     "hw_cursor"
> >         #Option     "NoAccel"
> >         #Option     "ShowCache"
> >         #Option     "ShadowFB"
> >         #Option     "UseFBDev"
> >         #Option     "Rotate"
> >         Identifier  "Card0"
> > # The following line is auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config
> >         Driver      "vesa"
> >         VendorName  "All"
> >         BoardName   "All"
> > #       BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Thanks for your help.
> > 
> > regards,
> > 
> > Chris Caston
> > 
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