Did you apply all three patches from a fresh install? If so then try doing the same with a 2.6.11 kernel and see if the problem persists.

Fine,
but DRI still doesn't work ...

DRI works fine for me, make sure that you didn't disable it as per the instructions in the other link I sent, and disable the DRI driver that's included with the Linux kernel.

You mean Option "no_dri" "yes" ,I don't use
and DRI disabled in my kernel

and I am still have to use 2.6.11.12
how sad...

Which is the DRI driver included in the Linux kernel? And how is it disabled? Is it the option called "Radeon" in the list of video cards?

The DRI option in the kernel is the "Direct Rendering Manager" under Device Drivers/Character Devices. I personally have it to be built as a module, but it's not loaded...you don't want it or any of the dependent modules loaded or compiled in since you're using a 3rd-party DRI module. I think the "Radeon" driver/module only works with certain cards but I don't know much about it at all since I know it doesn't work with mine. To use the drivers provided by ATI you want to use the "fglrx" driver and module.

Nether Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support)
and modules included in it selected (compiled) in kernel

I found another solition
I've installed NVIDIA
Now I have another problem with ati
It is how to remove control panel


...

There is a post on the ATI knolgebase that addresses this issue. Unfountly it does not reslove this issue with the PCI express version of the x600 card.

I have an open ticket with ati and hopeing they work with me to find a resolution to the issue.

however i haveent attempted to load it on a 2.4 kernel or without drm ill have to check that.


Ill keep you updated on if i can get it to work .

To remove the control panel you have to remove the package you used to install the ATI drivers. If you didn't use a package, then I think the installer has an --uninstall option of some sort from the command line.
It definitely seems like nvidia is eating ati's lunch over linux support right now.

Ok update.

I think i have narrowed it down to kernel options selected when building a kernel. The fedora core 4 kernel non recompiled will load the lastest ati drivers without crashing x. Actually its very stable. DRI however is disabled because i cannot find a way to disable it with this kernel. AKA i cannot recompile the kernel on Fedora (this is why i hate RH and Fedora)another distro is slackware 10.2. Without recompileing the kernel i can get ati driver to work properly no freeze in X. Afer i mess with it it Freezes even with dri off. So its some misterious kernel option that screws things up. I have a feeling its something to do with the apictimer because that gets all wacky on fedora unless i disable it with the noapictimer option on boot. Note: After downloading sources and recompileing a kernel with no DRI in Fedora 4 64bit i get same freeze. This is a total system crash but the mouse still moves oddly enough.

ATI the kernel dev's and Xorg all refuse to accept this as a problem.


my beef with the kernel dev's

lately they seam not to be intrested in fixing issues.
the apictimer issue has been around for almost 2 years and yet no kernel released resloves the issue. the only fix i can find is just to disable apictimer witch causes issues with PCMCIA and a host of other things.

the freeze issue here has been around for over a year now and yet Its posted over and over and over again and no solution.

if im missing something please let us know or if anyone has a solid resolution that resloves both ATI and open source radeon freeze please post.


thanks

From a debian reference if you have lappy or lcd screen try
Option MonitorLayout "LVDS,AUTO"
in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to avert the black screen after setting up the ati card.
I guess pci-e cards dont need agp module and the kernel needs the pci-e support built-in. Good thing we can use vesa driver until things can be worked out. There must be kernel config files available in install notes for lappys with working ati pci-e video cards. What an adventure linux can be! Sheech!

I just found this again after trying to find a kernel bug number and I actually wanted to update anyone on this issue if they ever are trying to find help on it.


This problem occurs because of a incompatibility with the ati frame buffer driver and the X driver.

Remove the ati frame buffer driver and it resolves the freezing issue.

now back to my search to see if this problem was actually resolved in the recent kernel or not :P.

I am suspecting no as its a problem that occurs between diffrent projects.