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Bug 126805 - fglrx crashes kernel if UseFastTLS != 2 in xorg.conf
Summary: fglrx crashes kernel if UseFastTLS != 2 in xorg.conf
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: X11 External Driver Maintainers
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Reported: 2006-03-19 06:46 UTC by Chris Bainbridge (RETIRED)
Modified: 2006-04-10 05:39 UTC (History)
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Description Chris Bainbridge (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-03-19 06:46:29 UTC 
There is a bug in fglrx (although ATI claim it isn't a bug, but a feature!) that causes segmentation faults and random kernel crashes when UseFastTLS in xorg.conf isn't equal to 2. 

There is a thread at http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2006-March/032829.html discussing the issue and it is mentioned at http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2976364.html#2976364 and in the ATI docs http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/readme0328.txt 

Can someone please add an einfo to the ati-driver ebuilds noting that UseFastTLS should be set to 2 in xorg.conf, otherwise unexplained and undebuggable application and kernel crashes will occur.
Comment 1 Chris Bainbridge (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-04-10 05:39:05 UTC 
Added warning to latest (8.23.7) ebuild.