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Re: Kernel crash with xf86-video-ati-6.8.0 on -current



On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 05:34:22PM -0400, Michael Lorenz wrote:
> On Jun 15, 2008, at 16:56, Peter Bex wrote:
> > The kernel *really* crashes, it doesn't just forget to restore the
> > console properly.  For example, when I'm connected via ssh to the box,
> > the connection is dropped when I exit X. When I am playing music via
> > audio/musicpd, audio stops being output (resulting in the typical ugly
> > endless looping of the last 1/2 second or so audio fragment).
> 
> Do you use radeonfb? If you do please try genfb instead. If that  
> stops the crashes we know it's radeonfb trying to reinitialize the  
> video chip.

Yes, I use radeonfb.  I tried using genfb but it does not fix the problem :(

Cheers,
Peter
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