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Once or twice per week, when I start X11 (via the startx program), my |
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display goes all black. When it happens there is no way back to a |
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working state: I can see that Xorg is running, I can exit it by hitting |
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Ctl-Alt-Backspace, but even then display does not recover. The only |
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thing I can do is hit Ctl-Alt-Del blindly and reboot, and next time it |
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usually works. |
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I did a diff of the Xorg logfile for successful and failed runs, and |
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they are identical except for some trivial device renumbering. Clearly |
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there is no segfault as in the other scenario recently discussed on the |
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list. It is also not a monitor problem: turning monitor on & off |
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doesn't help. |
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This looks like a problem with the kernel modesetting code, right? The |
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log says: |
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RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon HD 4250" (ChipID = 0x9715) |
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How can I investigate and fix this? Is there a way without studying the |
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kernel and Xorg code? |
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Please *no* private Cc: on mailing lists and newsgroups |
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Why does the arrow on Hillary signs point to the right? |
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