[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#513222: Bug#513222: fglrx-driver: crashes Xorg

[Patrick Matthäi]

Mika Hanhijärvi schrieb:
> On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 08:30 +0100, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
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>> Mika Hanhijärvi schrieb:
>>> On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 20:02 +0100, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
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>>>> Patrick Matthäi schrieb:
>>>>> I talked about this issue with one release manager.
>>>>> As AMD states this issue is fixed with the 9.1 release, I should package
>>>>> this release today and upload it to experimental (but it will not have
>>>>> xserver-xorg 1.6 support).
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem is, that I do not have those hardware where it segfaults, so
>>>>> I need your responses.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will mail you again this evening.
>>>>>
>>>> Okay it is still at uploading but should be finished in 20 minutes.
>>>>
>>>> 1:9-1-1 will be in experimental and for the backporters to lenny/sid you
>>>> can then also get it here:
>>>>
>>>> http://packages.linux-dev.org/fglrx-driver_9-1-1.dsc
>>>>
>>>> It may also fix http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=513208
>>>> Would be nice if someone could test it.
>>>>
>>>> Bye and thanks.
>>>>
>>> I would like to try that new fglrx driver, but in the experimental there
>>> is only amd64 packages. I run 32bit Debian (i386) on 64 bit computer, so
>>> i can't test that driver...
>>>
>> Try something like:
>>
>> # apt-get install pbuilder devscripts
>>
>> # dget http://packages.linux-dev.org/fglrx-driver_9-1-1.dsc
>>
>> # mkdir result
>>
>> # pbuilder --create --basetgz lenny.tgz --distribution lenny
>>
>> # pbuilder --build --basetgz lenny.tgz --buildresult result/
>> fglrx-driver_9-1-1.dsc
>>
>>
>> Then fglrx should build and you will find the debs in result/.
> 
> Hi !!
> 
> Ok, I'll try that today. But unfortunately I'm quite sure it wont
> work :( 
> 
> I installed latest fglrx driver yesterday. I used ATI installer which
> generated Debian packages. When I installed those packages I got again
> the same result: corrupted screen and crash...
> 
> I attached my xorg.conf, maybe you can see some problems in it. In that
> case I just don't understand why fglrx 8-7-3 and earlier works just
> fine, but 8-12-4 and later versions don't..
> 
> 

Hmm may you test please following:

# mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
# touch /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# aticonfig --initial

And please keep the bts in the CC.