OK, I've just double checked and the issue doesn't depend on DPM being enabled. A vanilla Linus kernel (latest git) with DPM disabled will also hang. I'm using: x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-7.1.0 media-libs/mesa-9.1.4 x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.46 Any idea on how to further debug this issue?