display rotation crashes system

Ican confirm...same here on ATI Radeon x700 Mobility.

Please attach /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old and /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Can you please try to rotate the screen using the xrandr command instead?

I don't have a xorg.conf

"xrandr -o left" also crashes the xserver

Is that the log from the crashed server? It doesn't have any traces of the crash.

This must be the log of the crashed server. BTW: it crashes the whole system not only X.

I can confirm this on a Dell D810 / stock Gutsy with xorg. Crashes the whole system CTRL+DEL+BACKSPACE/DEL don't work, neither do SysRq-RPEIUB requests.

I can confirm this with an ati 9800xt and single / dual head setup. (single setup I mean that one monitor is disabled before via xrandr)

The whole system crashes soundsystem hang, can't connect via ssh anymore

config:

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Section "Files"
 Fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
 Fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
 Fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
 Fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
 Fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
 Fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
 Fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
 # path to defoma fonts
 Fontpath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Load "i2c"
 Load "bitmap"
 Load "ddc"
 Load "extmod"
 Load "freetype"
 Load "int10"
 Load "vbe"
 Load "glx"
 Load "GLcore"
 Load "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver "kbd"
 Option "CoreKeyboard"
 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
 Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
 Option "XkbLayout" "de"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "stylus"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
 Option "Type" "stylus"
 Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]"
 Boardname "ati"
 Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
 Driver "ati"
     Option "monitor-DVI-0" "monitor1"
     Option "monitor-VGA-0" "monitor2"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "monitor1"
        Modeline "1280x1024_60.00" 108.88 1280 1360 1496 1712 1024 1025
1028 1060 -HSync +Vsync
# Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024_60.00"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "monitor2"
 Option "RightOf" "monitor1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Main Screen"
 Device "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]"
 Monitor "monitor1"
 Defaultdepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 24
  Virtual 2304 1024
  Modes "1280x1024-1024x768" "1024x768"
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 screen "Main Screen"
 Inputdevice "Generic Keyboard"
 Inputdevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
 Option "DefaultServerLayout" "Default Layout"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
 Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
 Mode 0666
EndSection
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oh I see the origin author used gnome-panel-properties.
I am using xrandr.
My environment is on gutsy-amd64 within kde.

Please tell if you need a more specific trace / debug of this.

Can you please try a test package from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XorgOnTheEdge and see if it still crashes?

I have already upgraded via debian sid repos to
xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.7.197-1.
Now performing rotation from commandline with xrandr --output --rotate it doesn't crash anymore.

If there are any difference between hardy and sid and I'll also try the packages from hardy.

What doesn't work for me is the configuration from xorg.conf.
Xorg refuses to start with this config

http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12129

xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.7.197-1 is now in Hardy and should include the fix for this bug. Please update if you are running Hardy. This version will also be included in Hardy Alpha 3, which is scheduled for release next week. If you want to test this version (or newer) in Gutsy, try the test packages from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XorgOnTheEdge

If you find that this bug is not fixed with the new version in Hardy, please reopen the bug report.