On Friday 19 November 2010 14:25:57 Jacques Montier wrote: > -- > Jacques > Site web <https://sites.google.com/site/jacquesfr35/> > > Le 18/11/2010 23:55, Mick a gentiment tapote: > > On Wednesday 17 November 2010 17:27:28 Jacques Montier wrote: > >> Le 17/11/2010 18:07, walt a écrit : > >>> On 11/17/2010 07:17 AM, Jacques Montier wrote: > >>>> Hi all, > >>>> > >>>> I use an astronomical open source imaging software > >>>> (http://www.audela.org/) > >>>> which works fine except when launching a tcl photometry script > >>>> (Calaphot). > >>>> X crashes with the error message : > >>>> > >>>> X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) > >>>> > >>>> Major opcode of failed request: 148 (RENDER) > >>>> Minor opcode of failed request: 4 (RenderCreatePicture) > >>>> Serial number of failed request: 51329 > >>>> Current serial number in output stream: 51338 > >>>> > >>>> I get the same crash on two PCs with Gentoo. > >>>> I use an ATI graphic card > >>>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 > >>>> [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] > >>>> and the open source radeon driver. > >>> > >>> You may have found a bug in the open source driver. Is there a binary > >>> driver available from ATI that you can try? > >> > >> Binary ati drivers don't work with this old graphic card (RV350 Radon > >> 9600), but i can try again for see.. > > > > Have you tried enabling CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS=y in your kernel, disabling > > vesa/uvesa and testing xorg-server-1.9.x it to see if it is more > > stable/reliable? > > Hi Mick > > I enabled CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS=y, but the pc doesn't boot anymore > (black screen). > Returned to the old config...
Hmm I got that the first time because I still had uvesa enabled in the kernel. Disabled it and then I was able to boot fine. Of course your hardware is slightly different so it may not behave the same. -- Regards, Mick
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