Re: Freezing with ATI Radeon 9800 (NetBSD/amd64 4.0)

[Alex Hanson <alex%alexhanson.org@localhost>]

Jean-Yves Migeon wrote:
> Try disabling agp fast write and see if it changes anything:
>
> Section "Device"
>    Identifier  "Radeon"
>    Driver      "radeon"
>    Option      "AGPFastWrite" "false"
> EndSection

Just tried that -- no luck. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

I then decided to reinstall NetBSD and use the provided XF86 binary set. 
It worked. xf86cfg generated this config:

http://alexhanson.org/conf/XF86Config

Unlike Xorg, it didn't require a modeline for the resolution to be set 
properly.

I was ready to conclude the problem was software, then I rebooted into 
Windows.

Twice in a row Windows froze when the high-res mode kicked in. It worked 
on the third time.

So the problem is hardware, but it only reveals itself with Xorg or 
occasionally with Windows. I suppose it might happen sometimes with Xf86 
too.

I guess I can either replace it now or use Xf86/Windows and tolerate 
some hiccups.

-Alex Hanson