Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Jacques Montier <jacques.montier@×××××××××××.fr>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X crashing
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:27:23
Message-Id: 4CE688F5.5060900@numericable.fr
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X crashing by Mick
1 --
2 Jacques
3 Site web <https://sites.google.com/site/jacquesfr35/>
4 Le 18/11/2010 23:55, Mick a gentiment tapote:
5 > On Wednesday 17 November 2010 17:27:28 Jacques Montier wrote:
6 >> Le 17/11/2010 18:07, walt a écrit :
7 >>> On 11/17/2010 07:17 AM, Jacques Montier wrote:
8 >>>> Hi all,
9 >>>>
10 >>>> I use an astronomical open source imaging software
11 >>>> (http://www.audela.org/)
12 >>>> which works fine except when launching a tcl photometry script
13 >>>> (Calaphot).
14 >>>> X crashes with the error message :
15 >>>>
16 >>>> X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
17 >>>>
18 >>>> Major opcode of failed request: 148 (RENDER)
19 >>>> Minor opcode of failed request: 4 (RenderCreatePicture)
20 >>>> Serial number of failed request: 51329
21 >>>> Current serial number in output stream: 51338
22 >>>>
23 >>>> I get the same crash on two PCs with Gentoo.
24 >>>> I use an ATI graphic card
25 >>>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility
26 >>>> Radeon 9600 M10]
27 >>>> and the open source radeon driver.
28 >>> You may have found a bug in the open source driver. Is there a binary
29 >>> driver available from ATI that you can try?
30 >> Binary ati drivers don't work with this old graphic card (RV350 Radon
31 >> 9600), but i can try again for see..
32 > Have you tried enabling CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS=y in your kernel, disabling
33 > vesa/uvesa and testing xorg-server-1.9.x it to see if it is more
34 > stable/reliable?
35 >
36
37 Hi Mick
38
39 I enabled CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS=y, but the pc doesn't boot anymore
40 (black screen).
41 Returned to the old config...
42
43 Thank you,
44
45 --
46 Jacques

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X crashing Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>