Re: ATI Radeon M6 LY in Edgy - does some crashing - how do I debug?

Oops... it seems we've jumped off the mailing list on accident. It would  
be nice to keep the thread going here in case someone else runs into this  
same issue.

On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:08:49 -0500, Alex Deucher <[email protected]>  
wrote:

> On 10/31/06, Jacob <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I'm having issues. I've downloaded the source for xserver-xorg-video-ati
>>  from Ubuntu repos, applied the patch, and ran:
>>
>> ./configure
>> make
>>
>> No .so files were created in any folders. Did I do something wrong?
>
> The final .so files don't get linked until you run make install.  By
> default the drivers default to /usr/local, so you have to change the
> prefix to intall in /usr
>
> first back up your old drivers (they should be in
> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers or there abouts).
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr
> make
> make install
>
> Alex
>
>>
>> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:30:18 -0500, Alex Deucher <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On 10/31/06, Jacob <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> Does this mean compiling? I mean, I'm OK with that, as long as it
>> >> doesn't
>> >> require tons of configuring, and, most importantly, it compiles and  
>> runs
>> >> correctly. :)
>> >>
>> >> If I have to compile, I'm hoping there's a way to fully remove it,  
>> so I
>> >> can reinstall the standard version through Edgy repos.
>> >>
>> >
>> > You might want to check and see if Edgy already includes the fix in
>> > question
>> >  
>> (http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati.git;a=blobdiff;h=6d6270187e048138463c6b913449083b2c8ad355;hp=03d1e8972b689150c59619762674f07b8ca356cf;hb=10ba4f0a435d7c1ed9f4a36a8d607f0f0b63be30;f=src/radeon_driver.c)
>> > If not then you can just grab the ati-1-0-branch from the ati git tree
>> > and and build the new driver.  just back up your copies of
>> > radeon_drv.so, ati_drv.so, r128_drv.so and atimisc_drv.so and you can
>> > revert them.
>> >
>> > Alex
>> >
>> >> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:20:48 -0500, Alex Deucher  
>> <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > On 10/31/06, Jacob <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> Does anyone have any ideas? Please? I really want stable 3D.  
>> *sniff*
>> >> >
>> >> > You might try the radeon ddx from ati git head or the ati stable
>> >> > branch.  There was a patch for lockups on M6s related to aperture
>> >> > stuff that went in a while back.  I would have assumed edgy picked  
>> it
>> >> > up, but...
>> >> >
>> >> > Alex
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:18:56 -0500, Jacob <[email protected]>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > My ATI Readon M6 LY has never been stable, and it isn't any more
>> >> >> stable
>> >> >> > now with Edgy, either. Mostly crashes come with static across  
>> areas
>> >> >> that
>> >> >> > scroll, sometimes without freezing at all. Sometimes crashes  
>> come
>> >> with
>> >> >> > stripes across the screen, mostly vertical, with the screen  
>> fading
>> >> to
>> >> >> > something like negative, and then to white, sometimes "snapping
>> >> out of
>> >> >> > it" with the screen going back to normal. Most of the time I  
>> have
>> >> to
>> >> >> > reboot, however.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I've pasted complete logs and configurations for that boot  
>> below.
>> >> >> You'll
>> >> >> > notice in the xorg.conf, I commented options that I think make  
>> my
>> >> >> system
>> >> >> > more stable, but am not really sure. The crash that belongs to
>> >> these
>> >> >> > logs are the one ith the screen fading to something like  
>> negative,
>> >> and
>> >> >> > then to white. The computer had frozen, but I was able to go
>> >> through
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> > Alt+SysRq+S, Alt+SysRq+U, Alt+SysRq+B procedure to reboot  
>> safely.
>> >> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> From,
>> >> Jacob
>> >>
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>>



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