Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-27 Thread Tormod Volden
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Michael Witten wrote: > Because my hardware does appear to be malfunctioning due to a corrupt > video BIOS, it seems prudent to salvage as much as possible from > its output, so that it is possible to figure out which other values > need to be hardcoded in case of

Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-27 Thread Michael Witten
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 21:51, Tormod Volden wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Michael Witten wrote: >> Because my hardware does appear to be malfunctioning due to a corrupt >> video BIOS, it seems prudent to salvage as much as possible from >> its output, so that it is possible to figure

Re: Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-26 Thread Tormod Volden
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Michael Witten wrote: Because my hardware does appear to be malfunctioning due to a corrupt video BIOS, it seems prudent to salvage as much as possible from its output, so that it is possible to figure out which other values need to be hardcoded in case of

Re: Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-26 Thread Michael Witten
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 21:51, Tormod Volden lists.tor...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Michael Witten wrote: Because my hardware does appear to be malfunctioning due to a corrupt video BIOS, it seems prudent to salvage as much as possible from its output, so that it is

Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-21 Thread Michael Witten
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:13:46 -, Michael Witten wrote: > I hope you find this adventure interesting, and I hope you > provide me with some insight. > > Recently, I booted my computer, a Dell Latitude D810 that has a > Radeon Mobility x600 (R300); all systems were waking up as normal: > > *

Re: Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-21 Thread Michael Witten
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:13:46 -, Michael Witten wrote: I hope you find this adventure interesting, and I hope you provide me with some insight. Recently, I booted my computer, a Dell Latitude D810 that has a Radeon Mobility x600 (R300); all systems were waking up as normal: * The Dell

Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-16 Thread Michael Witten
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 22:25, Alex Deucher wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Michael Witten wrote: >> I hope you find this adventure interesting, and I hope you >> provide me with some insight. >> >> Recently, I booted my computer, a Dell Latitude D810 that has a >> Radeon Mobility x600

Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-15 Thread Alex Deucher
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Michael Witten wrote: > I hope you find this adventure interesting, and I hope you > provide me with some insight. > > Recently, I booted my computer, a Dell Latitude D810 that has a > Radeon Mobility x600 (R300); all systems were waking up as normal: > > ?* The

Re: Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-15 Thread Alex Deucher
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Michael Witten mfwit...@gmail.com wrote: I hope you find this adventure interesting, and I hope you provide me with some insight. Recently, I booted my computer, a Dell Latitude D810 that has a Radeon Mobility x600 (R300); all systems were waking up as normal:

Re: Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-15 Thread Michael Witten
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 22:25, Alex Deucher alexdeuc...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Michael Witten mfwit...@gmail.com wrote: I hope you find this adventure interesting, and I hope you provide me with some insight. Recently, I booted my computer, a Dell Latitude D810 that

Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-12 Thread Michael Witten
I hope you find this adventure interesting, and I hope you provide me with some insight. Recently, I booted my computer, a Dell Latitude D810 that has a Radeon Mobility x600 (R300); all systems were waking up as normal: * The Dell logo popped up in some ancient VGA mode. * The GRUB menu

Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-12 Thread Michael Witten
I hope you find this adventure interesting, and I hope you provide me with some insight. Recently, I booted my computer, a Dell Latitude D810 that has a Radeon Mobility x600 (R300); all systems were waking up as normal: * The Dell logo popped up in some ancient VGA mode. * The GRUB menu