xorg-dev ATI X1550 drm problem

[Johannes Dieterich]

> I know, the card is very old. But the issue is not a low framerate or
>> anything. It just crashes the complete X as soon as I start either warzone
>> or nexuiz. Not even a CTRL+F1 is possible to break to the console.
>>
>> Both worked with the stock X-server version, therefore this seems to be a
>> regression with the development X-server.
>>
>
>
> This is an AGP card?  Have you tried setting different AGPModes in
> xorg.conf?  Or even forcing it into PCI mode with the BusType option in
> xorg.conf?
>
No, this is a PCI express card. Full specifications here:

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/other/Pages/x1550-specifications.aspx

I assume your hints are not needed then, or?


>
> Is the machine still accessible via ssh?  Maybe you could try running Xorg
> in gdb and getting a backtrace when the crash happens.
>
Will try that next. Currently the machine is busy with the kde4 update, will
report back then.

Thanks a lot

Johannes