Radeon problem (off-topic?)

[Per Foreby]

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Per Foreby wrote:

> This probably has nothing to do with fai, but I'm getting desperate, and 
> there is a lot of wise poeple on this list, so here goes:
>
> A have a lot of old computers with Radeon 9250 graphics (AGP). The have 
> worked just fine running sarge, but I can't get them to work with etch (using 
> the stock ati/radeon driver).
>
> The screen goes black, the keybord freezes, and the X-server is unkillable. I 
> don't find any clues in the log files.
>
> If I try the vesa driver everything works just fine, but thats unfortunately 
> not an option since some of the computers have 1680x1050 monitors (Samsung 
> 215TW).
>
> Any clues? Would the ATI priprietary driver work?

Answering my own question:

Commenting out the "dri" module fixed this problem. Probably has some 
side effects but after working 18 hours without a break, and the labs 
just a few hours away, I don't care if it may slow down something.

/Per