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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #195051
  2. Comment #24

Comment 24 for bug 195051

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Forlong (forlong) wrote : Re: X freezes when Compiz is enabled on ATI Radeon Mobility

I can confirm the bug is still there on a fresh install of Alpha6 with all updates.

I started compiz via SKIP_CHECKS and was able to use it for some minutes, then X froze and this time I couldn't even use SysRq to communicate with the kernel in order to shut it down.

I have to say I'm surprised there hasn't been any feedback from the people in charge. Is nobody working on this?
Has it been reported upstream?

I would be glad to help but it seems like there's very little interest in working on this.
Anyway... I did some investigation myself and installed Feisty again as well as Debian testing on this machine. Both are running fine with Compiz and the ati/radeon driver.
But both are using version 1:6.6.3-2 of xserver-xorg-video-ati so that may be no surprise after all.

If there's anything I can do to help investigate some more, please let me know.