Re: [Nolug] AGP / DRI diagnostics

Just curious: have you tried removing the memory, cleaning the
contacts (e.g. rub with a pencil eraser), and reinstalling them?
Sometimes low-tech fixes weird problems.
Dave Prentice
prentice@instruction.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew S. Johnson <andy@asjohnson.com>
To: nolug@joeykelly.net <nolug@joeykelly.net>
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2003 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Nolug] AGP / DRI diagnostics

>On Friday 21 November 2003 11:57 pm, Pietu wrote:
>> > My computer has been locking up frequently lately. I've
determined
>> > through trial and error that by not loading the agpgart and
radeon
>> > modules I can use X. Everything has worked fine for the last few
>> > years, so something in the hardware is going out. I don't know
if
>> > it's the video card or the motherboard. I made a quick google
for
>> > diags, but I didn't find anything.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know a way to determine which it is, assuming I don't
>> > have another video card or motherboard to try the parts?
>> >
>> > Andy Johnson
>>
>> I suspect you are using RH ??
>
>No, Slackware. I haven't changed any hardware or software in the
>last few months, but a few days ago my system started locking up a
few
>seconds after I started X. I'd cycle power, it boots OK (except for
fsck that
>has to run every time) and it is fine until I startx again.
Preventing the
>agpgart and radeon modules from loading fixed the problem. Except
that
>now, I don't have accelerated video. So, basically, my video
acceleration
>hardware is broken, and I don't know how to tell if it's the video
card or
>the mobo.
>
>Andy Johnson
>
>>
>> RH and Radeon video cards drivers do not work together. (especially
with RH
>> 9)
>> If you load vesa drivers, no more locking up.
>>
>> It took me a while to figure this out.
>>
>> Petri
>>
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