I've updated recently from xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r6 to xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 so I have to tweak my "xorg.conf" to a new "level". During this procedure I have to restart the X server severel times. But hitting CTRL-ALT-Backspace or shutting down the server via the normal (logout) way leads to a black screen. It's not a crash here because CTRL-ALT-DEL will shut down the computer, the screen goes just black and I've to restart. That's pretty time consuming. B-) To me the drivers seems so really stable because yesterday I've suffered from bug #232507 ("(EE) end of block range 0xaffff < begin 0xb808e1c0") with the same configuration. To be clear: the display is fine, xinerama is working too, so it's just a restart issue. I'm using 3 ATI/Readon cards. In the x.org 1.3 configuration I was using the radeon driver but switching to "ati" in the x.org 1.5 configuration doesn't change the behavior at all. What do you need more? 1) emerge --info 2) /etc/X11/xorg.conf 3) /var/log/Xorg.0.log Please choose. B-)
I have a similiar problem with xorg-server 1.5.3 and xf86-video-ati: After cold boot, I often get a black screen instead of the kdm login screen. Restarting /etc/init.d/xdm fixes this. This happens with 6.12.1-r1 and 6.12.2. So, I downgraded to 6.8.0-r1 and it did not happen yet with that version. Using KDE 4.2.2. Kernel 2.6.27/2.6.28.
(In reply to comment #1) > So, I downgraded to 6.8.0-r1 and it did not happen yet with that version. I take that back. It also happens with 6.8.0-r1.
Try to disable xcomposite extension and aiglx in your xorg.conf Section "ServerFlags" Option "AIGLX" "off" EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" EndSection
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Sorry, I can't give you any more infos. I've switched to a nvidia card.
