R600, FC 7, fglrx 8.41: X hangs on restart

[daemonicpenguin]

Was wondering if anyone could take a look at my config/logs and shed any insight on this issue I'm having.

Basically, the first time X starts up, it loads fine. However, if restart X (ctrl-alt-backspace) X hangs as a black screen.

xorg.conf

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
#SubSection "extmod"
#Option "omit XVideo"
#Option "omit XVideo-MotionCompensation"
#Option "omit XFree86-VidModeExtension"
#EndSubSection
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "off"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Name" "Razer Copperhead"
Option "Vendor" "Razer"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
Option "Resolution" "800" #other valid values: 400, 800, 1800
Option "SampleRate" "1000Hz" #other valid values: 125, 500
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection


Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Well, apparently, the logs are about 45 KB, so I can't post them.

Basically, on restart, it hangs near the very end, right at the line:

(II) GLX: Initialized MESA-PROXY GL provider for screen 0

At that point, I have to ssh into the box, enter runlevel 3, kill gdm, kill Xorg, and rmmod fglrx. At that point I can restart X (manually, or by returning to runlevel 5).


Not sure if this is a known issue, or if I have something configured wrong that makes the driver crash like this. Thanks for any ideas on this.

[mdetrano]

I run FC7 and am trying the 8.41 driver. The main difference between your xorg and mine is that my Module section is empty. I tried pasting in yours and I could still restart X just fine. However, you may want to try commenting out that whole section and see how it goes (might avoid loading the MESA GL).

I did find that I had to thoroughly clear out the old 8.40 driver (which I had installed with livna's rpm's) to avoid other black screen issues.

For me 8.41 is super buggy, and I have not been able to get back to livna's 8.40. fgl_glxgears is nearly twice as fast, but so many things don't work (including openoffice).

[daemonicpenguin]

^^ Thanks for your reply, man.

Yeah, I was actually getting the same problem(s) [see other thread] before I added that section. I only added it because I saw other users around here had that section and I thought it might matter.

Sadly, I think I'm just going to throw in the towel on this one and RMA this card for an nVidia -- not that the nVidia driver doesn't come with its own problems, at least it's stable. I'm optimistic that AMD/ATi is going in the right direction with their OSS driver, and that some day it will be really cool, but right now, I just want something that works.