On 9/17/07, Michal Suchanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 15/09/2007, Michal Suchanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 14/09/2007, Brice Goglin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Michal Suchanek wrote: > > > > Detects and throws away part of the information would be more precise. > > > > It gets the sync rates and calculates a mode that fits into these but > > > > is larger than physical size. > > > > > > > > It sort of works with 6.7.192 (in this setup it does not choose modes > > > > larger than 1280x1024, probably just accidentally) but it crashes on > > > > Radeon 9200, at least in Ubuntu. > > > > > > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/139210 > > > > > > > > > > The problem described there looks like some lockups I have been > > > experiencing lately too. There is at least one interesting fix in > > > upstream git master for this, it helped for me. I uploaded > > > xserver-xorg-video-ati 6.7.192-4 yesterday with the current contents of > > > upstream git, please try it. > > > > > Tried to install the experimental X on a Lenny live CD. Locked up > > quite fast. Before I could report I tried it :) > > > > Also I do not think these new drivers really fix the problem, they > > just do not contain many of the built-in modes the old driver did. > > Would have to test to be sure, though. > > > Tried to add the default modes from the old driver as modelines, and > with the 6.7 from experimental it works. The driver rejects the larger > modes because they are too large for virtual size. > > However, on the very system where it fixes the mode selection it > caused a lockup. > > 01:00.1 0380: 1002:5940 (rev 01) > > Radeon 9250 (reported as Radeon 9200 PRO) rv280 > > Should I file a different bug about the lockups or is there one among > the zillions of Radeon bugs already?
First make sure you are using the latest bits from ati git, then if you still have lockups, check bugzilla (https://bugs.freedesktop.org) for similar bugs and possibly file a new bug. What sort of lock up (3D related, blank screen, etc.)? Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
