Description of problem: After upgrading kernel from 2.4.18-27.7.x to 2.4.20-13.7 X locks up if you run any OpenGL application (glxgears is enough.) Run the GL app and the window pops up that the GL app would show up in, but the screen just freezes then (GL app never actually displays anything.) Keyboard doesn't work but the mouse pointer still moves around and you can ssh in and shutdown the computer - it's just X not the computer that locks up. The X server itself starts consuming more and more cpu according to ps, the GL app gets no cpu time. There are no log messages pointing to any problem. The video card is a radeon 7000 and I notice the radeon driver has been updated in the new kernel... Everything works fine downgrading to 2.4.18-27.7.x
I see exactly the same behavior with RH 8.0 and with a Radeon Mobility M6 card. I also see multiple error mesages (dmesg or in /var/log/messages) of: kernel: [drm:radeon_freelist_get] *ERROR* returning NULL!
I am also seeing the same problem on an Asus P4PE with an ATI Radeon 7000 and Red Hat Linux 8.0 kernel 2.4.20-13.8. Certain screensavers cause the lockup when previewed or otherwise executed. For example, Atlantis, Boxed, and Bubble3D cause the lockup but Anemone, Ant, and Apollonian don't. The screen freezes except for the mouse pointer; the mouse buttons are nonfunctional. SSHing in and killing X simply causes the mouse pointer to freeze too, so the console becomes useless and the machine needs to be rebooted. This problem does not occur with kernel 2.4.18-27.8.0. There are no log messages.
Have the same problem. I have from lspci: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon VE QY Tried various versions of XFree and kernels The only way to get it to work again is to go back to 2.4.18-24.7 This is on an Athlon It works ok with all the current rh9 packages. Suppose it could be Xfree or the kernel. My bet is the kernel. I'm concerned as this has been 6 months and apparently not looked at. This is one of our testing computers and it makes me apprehensive upgrading to packages with known bugs on our application servers.
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