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Bug 129897

Summary: intermittent kernel panic on fullscreen/windowed mode switch w/ ati-drivers8.23.7+kernel2.6.15-gentoo-r7+xorg6.8.2+zsnes/quake3/lincity-ng on AMD64
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Gabe <bush_is_hitler>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: X11 External Driver Maintainers <x11-drivers>
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM    
Severity: critical CC: hanno
Priority: High    
Version: 2006.0   
Hardware: AMD64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Gabe 2006-04-13 21:41:40 UTC 
quick system specs are: emachines m6805, Athlon64 1.8Ghz, 512ram, mobility radeon 9600 64mb

kernel panic happens most of the time when apps/games i run switch video modes, although sometimes it just switches from windowed to fullscreen fine, even a few times sometimes, but most of the time as soon as i switch to fs it crashes...

i know my DRI works ok, as my opengl screensavers in X/KDE work great and fast.. 
also, i have vesa framebuffer (no others) in kernel for hires console support.

what's weird about this is i can play armagetron-advanced perfectly fine.. which is opengl accelerated, it works great, including switching to and from fullscreen and windowed in any of the available video modes, any number of times;

but when it comes to quake3, for example, i can SOMETIMES (if lucky) see the starting video and menus, and then as soon as i click something, it crashes... and most of the time it just crashes on startup...

as for lincity-ng, it first crashed when i made it windowed the first time.. then i rebooted, tried again.. i was able to switch from full to win a couple times, then when i quit the game from fullscreen to desktop it kernel panicked again.

last but not least, zsnes runs fine in a window, and most of the time when i try to fullscreen it, it kpanicks... other times i might be able to get into fullscreen mode, but then as soon as the app exits it's back to crashing.

also, i wanted to mention that i can switch from and to console and X back and forth with no problems (video garbling for a second each time, but i think that's normal with ati drivers, it does something similar on my winxp box sometimes with a radeon.

that should be about it for details i can think of.. i haven't found anything relevant in /var/messages or /var/Xorg.0.log or whatever.

i hope you can find something out. thanks so much for your help, and keep up the amazing work, gentoo rules.

=)
Comment 1 Gabe 2006-04-13 21:45:41 UTC 
Portage 2.0.54 (default-linux/amd64/2006.0, gcc-3.4.5, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.15-gentoo-r7 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.15-gentoo-r7 x86_64 Mobile AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14
dev-lang/python:     2.4.2
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.12
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-r1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X acpi alsa amd64 apache2 arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cdr cli crypt ctype cups dba dri dvd dvdread eds emboss encode esd ethereal expat fam fastbuild flac foomaticdb force-cgi-redirect fortran ftp gd gif glut gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal icq idn imlib ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde lcms lzw lzw-tiff mad memlimit mikmod mng mp3 mpeg msn ncurses nptl oggvorbis opengl pam pcre pdflib perl ping png posix pppd python qt quicktime readline sdl session simplexml soap sockets spell spl ssl tcltk tcpd tiff tokenizer truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev usb xml xml2 xmms xpm xsl xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Comment 2 Gabe 2006-04-13 21:50:56 UTC 
sorry, i forgot to add -v flag to emerge for last post.. figured it might help..

here:


Portage 2.0.54 (default-linux/amd64/2006.0, gcc-3.4.5, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.15-gentoo-r7 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.15-gentoo-r7 x86_64 Mobile AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14
dev-lang/python:     2.4.2
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.12
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-r1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ABI="amd64"
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE=""
ARCH="amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
BASH_ENV="/etc/spork/is/not/valid/profile.env"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CDEFINE_amd64="__x86_64__"
CDEFINE_x86="__i386__"
CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe"
CFLAGS_x86="-m32 -L/emul/linux/x86/lib -L/emul/linux/x86/usr/lib"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CHOST_amd64="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CHOST_x86="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CLEAN_DELAY="5"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CVS_RSH="ssh"
CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe"
DEFAULT_ABI="amd64"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
EDITOR="/bin/nano"
ELIBC="glibc"
EMERGE_WARNING_DELAY="10"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict"
FETCHCOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -t 5 --passive-ftp -P ${DISTDIR} ${URI}"
GCC_SPECS=""
GDK_USE_XFT="1"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES="1"
HOME="/root"
HOSTNAME="esgl4p"
INFOPATH="/usr/share/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.16.1/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.5/info"
KDEDIRS="/usr"
KERNEL="linux"
LDFLAGS_x86="-m elf_i386 -L/emul/linux/x86/lib -L/emul/linux/x86/usr/lib"
LESS="-R -M --shift 5"
LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s"
LIBDIR_amd64="lib64"
LIBDIR_x86="lib32"
LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH="/usr/lib32//modules/dri/:/usr/lib64//modules/dri"
LOGNAME="root"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
MANPATH="/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.16.1/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.5/man:/usr/qt/3/doc/man"
MULTILIB_ABIS="x86 amd64"
MULTILIB_STRICT_DENY="64-bit.*shared object"
MULTILIB_STRICT_DIRS="/lib /usr/lib /usr/kde/*/lib /usr/qt/*/lib /usr/X11R6/lib"
MULTILIB_STRICT_EXEMPT="(perl5|gcc|gcc-lib|eclipse-3|debug|portage)"
OPENGL_PROFILE="ati"
PAGER="/usr/bin/less"
PATH="/usr/games/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.4.5:/opt/ati/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/kde/3.4/sbin:/usr/kde/3.4/bin"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_ARCHLIST="alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 m68k mips ppc ppc64 ppc-macos s390 sh sparc x86 x86-fbsd"
PORTAGE_BINHOST_CHUNKSIZE="3000"
PORTAGE_CALLER="emerge"
PORTAGE_GID="250"
PORTAGE_MASTER_PID="9024"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PRELINK_PATH=""
PRELINK_PATH_MASK="/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.8"
PWD="/root"
PYTHONPATH="/usr/lib/portage/pym"
QMAKESPEC="linux-g++"
QTDIR="/usr/qt/3"
RESUMECOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -c -t 5 --passive-ftp -P ${DISTDIR} ${URI}"
RPMDIR="/usr/portage/rpm"
RSYNC_RETRIES="3"
RSYNC_TIMEOUT="180"
SHELL="/bin/bash"
SHLVL="1"
SYMLINK_LIB="yes"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
TERM="xterm"
USE="X acpi alsa amd64 apache2 arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cdr cli crypt ctype cups dba dri dvd dvdread eds emboss encode esd ethereal expat fam fastbuild flac foomaticdb force-cgi-redirect fortran ftp gd gif glut gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal icq idn imlib ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde lcms lzw lzw-tiff mad memlimit mikmod mng mp3 mpeg msn ncurses nptl oggvorbis opengl pam pcre pdflib perl ping png posix pppd python qt quicktime readline sdl session simplexml soap sockets spell spl ssl tcltk tcpd tiff tokenizer truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev usb xml xml2 xmms xpm xsl xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc"
USER="root"
USERLAND="GNU"
USE_EXPAND="FRITZCAPI_CARDS FCDSL_CARDS VIDEO_CARDS DVB_CARDS INPUT_DEVICES LINGUAS USERLAND KERNEL ELIBC"
XARGS="xargs -r"
XINITRC="/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc"
_="/usr/bin/emerge"
Comment 3 Marien Zwart (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-05-24 22:35:55 UTC 
This involves an old version of ati-drivers and is probably an upstream issue if it is still there at all. Consider using http://ati.cchtml.com/ instead, unless you think this can be fixed in the ebuild. In that case please reopen.