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Date:      Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:18:22 -0400
From:      Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>
To:        Steve Roome <steve@pepcross.com>
Cc:        Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject:   Re: 6.0-current panic: loading radeon module
Message-ID:  <20050617131822.A5495@cons.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050617160332.GG34777@bibipentium.lonres.com>; from steve@pepcross.com on Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 05:03:32PM %2B0100
References:  <20050616182421.A87199@cons.org> <20050616.210529.20240024.imp@bsdimp.com> <20050617114607.A3198@cons.org> <20050617160332.GG34777@bibipentium.lonres.com>

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Steve Roome wrote on Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 05:03:32PM +0100: 
> If it's any iterest, I had a similar experience earlier this week.
> 
> xorg-server-6.8.99.5 with a radeon 9600 X and -current as of Monday
> causes my entire machine to freeze up completely rather than just
> panic.
>
> It's fine if I take drm option out of the x config again - so it's
> only when I actually use DRM, and for me it's a black screen and hard
> lockup.

This is odd.  DRI (and hence DRM) only support radeons up to 9200
(really 9250 probably).  Your 9600 series shouldn't have a need for
the drm module in first place.

Are you sure it's not a panic? What happens if you just load the
radeon module and not start the X11 server?

Martin
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