The combination of xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r2 and ati-drivers-9.9-r2 hangs computer when starting X. screen is blank. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. startx or X uname -a Linux tsunami 2.6.30-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Nov 6 10:33:57 CET 2009 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
card is: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 2400 XT
fixed with recompilation of whole system