Re: Linux 2.4.20-pre4 & ff. blows away Xwindows with Matrox G400 and agpgart

From: Simon Fowler (simon@himi.org)
Date: Thu Sep 12 2002 - 02:51:09 EST

On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 11:56:20AM +1000, Allan Duncan wrote:
> This is a reissue of an earlier report, and I've since done some more digging.
>
> Up to kernel 2.4.20-pre2 there was no problem, agpgart et al ran fine etc,
> but from 2.4.20-pre4 onwards when Xwindows starts to load these modules
> I am instantly thrown back to a booting machine.
> The same kernels on a VIA MVP3 chipset box with a Matrox G200 are fine.
>
> I have ascertained that any attempt to use agpgart triggers it.
>
I've seen the same thing with 2.4.20-pre5-ac1, and I'm just building
pre5-aa2 to see if there's any difference. This is with an AMD 751
system (an Asus K7M), an original Radeon, and the DRI CVS code. I
couldn't get any log messages out of it, though.

Simon 

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