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

LOL... I just said that in a previous e-mail before receiving this one.

I'm going to restart my computer with my original Dapper 3D configuration.  
If everything goes super-smoothly, I'll try adding features that used to  
crash this computer, such as Hardware Mouse pointer, RenderAccel, etc, and  
see how far I can get.

On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:45:06 -0500, Alex Deucher <[email protected]>  
wrote:

> On 11/1/06, Jacob <[email protected]> wrote:
>> OK, I've backed up /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers, as it does contain  
>> lots
>> of .so drivers, including radeon. I'm assuming ./configure --prefix=/usr
>> will actually copy drivers to /usr, not /usr/lib/blabla.
>
> no.  prefix just sets the the prefix the drivers will end up in prefix
> + lib/xorg/modules/drivers.  prefix just sets the prefix, i.e., /usr
> vs /usr/local
>
> Alex
>
>>
>> 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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