Hardware is Compaq R4000 laptop. Preferred Linux kernel is built with CONFIG_PREEMPT (low-latency desktop). ati-drivers-8.24.8 works, but subsequent versions lock up as X starts. Previously, I'd been able to "emerge --update =ati-drivers-8.24.8" to roll back to the working version. emerge --info output follows: Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/amd64/2006.0, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.16-gentoo-r7baz x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.16-gentoo-r7baz x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5 Last Sync: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:50:02 +0000 app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: 1.2.11-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] 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-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r3 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=athlon64 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://cs.ubishops.ca/pub/gentoo http://adelie.polymtl.ca/ http://gentoo.arcticnetwork.ca/ http://gentoo.mirrored.ca/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://prometheus.cs.wmich.edu/gentoo http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.easynews.com/linux/gentoo/ http://gentoo.cites.uiuc.edu/pub/gentoo/ " LINGUAS="" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X alsa avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cli crypt cups dlloader dri eds elibc_glibc emboss encode foomaticdb fortran gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 isdnlog jack jpeg kde kernel_linux lzw lzw-tiff mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly opengl pam pcre pdflib perl png pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl tcpd tiff truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userland_GNU video_cards_apm video_cards_ark video_cards_ati video_cards_chips video_cards_cirrus video_cards_cyrix video_cards_dummy video_cards_fbdev video_cards_glint video_cards_i128 video_cards_i810 video_cards_mga video_cards_neomagic video_cards_nv video_cards_rendition video_cards_s3 video_cards_s3virge video_cards_savage video_cards_siliconmotion video_cards_sis video_cards_sisusb video_cards_tdfx video_cards_tga video_cards_trident video_cards_tseng video_cards_v4l video_cards_vesa video_cards_vga video_cards_via video_cards_vmware video_cards_voodoo xorg xpm xv zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Lu I am unable to duplicate this with a zv6000 which is the brother to the compaq r4000 series.
If this is still an issue in the latest ~arch ati-drivers you should probably report it upstream (unofficial bugzilla at http://ati.cchtml.com/). If you think this can be fixed in the ebuild please reopen.
