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PrimoTurbo

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Registered: 2008-06-26

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Catalyst 9.6-4 from AUR causes a system hang/hard lock on GL apps

Has anyone been able to find a fix?

The problem I believe concerns i686 build and the current kernel with SMP (Any dual/multiple core systems).

Catalyst driver is from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22899

glxgears or any gl games or applications cause the system to be unresponsive and hard lock/hang. The system is not responsive at all, however for some reason conky can still show updates like time change. Only way to get back to desktop is a reboot.

Are there any solutions at the moment, I heard a kernel downgrade might work? Is there a good way to downgrade since repos don't hold older versions..

djszapi

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From: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Registered: 2009-06-14

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Re: Catalyst 9.6-4 from AUR causes a system hang/hard lock on GL apps

Hello primoTurbo!

"Only way to get back to desktop is a reboot.

What does it mean by you ? Restart X or the whole PC ?

Is there any relevant in syslog/xorglog/errorlog ? Can you ssh for this pc from remote and can u do something with it across ssh ? Is the whole PC frozen in that time or just X?

which version do you use?

You can downgrade a package, pls read this pages:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Downgrade_packages
archlinux.alouche.net/

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venky80

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Registered: 2007-05-13

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Re: Catalyst 9.6-4 from AUR causes a system hang/hard lock on GL apps

well does anyone have catalyst 9.7/9.6 running on an i686 with 2.6.30?
Thanks

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