Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:45:14 +0100 | From | Helge Hafting <> | Subject | Re: Another drm/dri lockup - when moving the mouse |
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Roland Scheidegger wrote:
> Helge Hafting wrote: > >> I have reported this before, but now I have some more data. >> >> I have an office pc with this video card: >> VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY >> [Radeon 7000/VE] >> >> In previous reports I found that starting xfree or xorg with dri support >> cause a hang after a little while. It seems that this only happens when >> the mouse moves. Something I didn't discover before because there >> are lots of unplanned mouse movements - the thing is sensitive and jumps >> a pixel now and then when I move stuff on the desk. > > What xorg / xfree / drm versions are you talking about? > >> Taking care not to move the mouse, I can start X and run glxgears >> with acceleration. The slightest mouse movement during 3D activity >> kills the machine instantly so it only responds to the reset button. >> Mouse >> movement without 3D activity may or may not kill the pc. >> >> Could there be a problem where 3D-stuff and code to move the mouse >> "steps on each other toes" somehow? Or some way to test this further, >> by disabling the mouse or force some kind of software fallback for >> the mouse cursor? > > You could use Option "SWcursor" "true".
This didn't help. The cursor was definitely SW, flashing on and off when over a scrolling xterm. The machine still died quickly.
> Since it crashes even without 3d sometimes, the problem does not seem > to be related to dri (as in, dri driver). Sounds more like it's > related to CP activity. Not sure what would cause this, there seem to > be a lot of mouse cursor movement crashes reported lately... Do you > have a USB mouse whose controller shares the IRQ with the graphic card > maybe?
The card gets IRQ 16, which isn't shared with anything in this machine.
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