Xorg/X11 driver Radeon: radeon vs. radeonhd, a mess!

[O. Hartmann]

Gary Jennejohn wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:55:58 +0000
> "O. Hartmann" <ohartman at zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>
> [very large snip - radeonhd with dri kills Xorg]
>   
>> Please forget about the log file 'Xorg.0.log'. X-server does not write 
>> properly a suitable log, so the log is always the last successfully 
>> written log.
>>
>>     
>
> So it's crashing before it can even write the log.
>
>   
>> I tried starting X via 'startx', redirecting the log, but whenever the 
>> server starts, the box crashes/reboots.
>>
>>     
>
> No crash dump from the kernel?
>
> How about starting it in gdb?  That might give you a chance to narrow
> down where it's crashing, if gdb can stop it before the box crashes.
>
> ---
> Gary Jennejohn
>   
No, no crash dump from kernel.
Just before the box dies and reboots, I can see a completely distorted
mousepointer / sprite. I saw this before with electrically damaged
garphics devices, so I will exchange it with another one of which I know
it's working.

I'll try starting X within gdb, but I can perform this not today.

Regards,
Oliver