Here we go: I upgraded from xorg-server-1.0.2-r3 to 1.0.99.2, rebooted, started xorg with startx. Ran a bunch of programs i usually do and suddenly, the screen went static. I could only move the cursor. Not even the kernel SysRq shortcuts worked. So i hard rebooted, fs-checked my partitions. Backed up the log file of xorg, and ran startx again from my user. Everything seemed to work perfectly for about 30 seconds, then, suddenly the screen went all black! The led on my CRT started blinking and i got no response from using the keyboard (yet again, not even SysRq worked). Hard reboot, fsck, check xorg's logs - no errors logged at the end of the log. I think i can reproduce the screen going black. I have a cheap Club3D Radeon 9200 SE graphics card. Portage 2.1_pre7-r5 (default-linux/amd64/2005.0, gcc-3.4.6-vanilla, glibc-2.3.6-r3, 2.6.16-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.16-gentoo x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre17 distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.4.2-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=athlon64" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=athlon64" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.linux.ee/pub/gentoo/distfiles/ http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O2" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aac acl alsa amd64 apm avi bash-completion bitmap-fonts bzip2 cairo cjk crypt cups dbus directfb divx4linux dri eds emboss encode fbcon ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fuse gif gimpprint gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hal hardened imagemagick imlib isdnlog ithreads jpeg kde lzw lzw-tiff mjpeg mmap mng mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nogcj nomotif nptl ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl pic png ppds pppd python qt quicktime readline samba sdl ssl subversion svg sysfs tcpd theora threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vhosts vorbis wmf xinerama xml xml2 xmms xpm xprint xscreensaver xv xvid zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse kernel_linux userland_GNU video_cards_ati video_cards_radeon video_cards_nv video_cards_vesa" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LINGUAS
Created attachment 84572 [details] Xorg log file from first lockup
Created attachment 84573 [details] Xorg configuration file
You need to be using an ati driver release that isn't in the tree yet to use 1.0.99.2. Once we add it to the tree, please re-try this.
The issue was solved after upgrading to the new ati driver.
Re-opening for proper resolution.
The driver is available now.
Haven't encountered the bug any more. Marking VERIFIED.
