On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 11:02:28PM -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 07:03:39PM +0100, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > > David Nusinow wrote: > > > > I've tested the auto detection code David asked for and ran into > > > > a bug: When I start X.org with the auto-generated config (I use startx, > > > > since I work on framebuffer console most of the time, on my notebook > > > > X11 is really just a slim layer beyond MPlayer) the screen remains > > > > black and the system doesn't take anymore input. (I can't switch > > > > to tty2 e.g.) > > > > > > > > The generated xorg.conf is included by the reportbug script, > > > > my previous one can be found on http://www.inutil.org/jmm/xorg.conf > > > > > > > > Please let me know if now need further information. > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > Section "Device" > > > > Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY" > > > > Driver "ati" > > > > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > > > > Option "UseFBDev" "true" > > > > EndSection > > > > > > It looks like in this config file you enabled fbdev while in the old one > > > you didn't have this option set. Does the autogenerated config work when > > > you remove that option or just say "no" to the question during > > > dpkg-reocnfigure? > > > > Indeed, the auto-generated xorg.conf works if UseFBdev is not enabled. > > > > Does this indicate a bug in radeonfb, shall I report it to Linux kernel > > bugzilla? > > > > I don't remember if fbdev mode switches used to work in the past. > > Sorry it took me so long to get back to. You a quick glance at the code, > this is most likely an xserver driver problem rather than a kernel problem. > I'll double check to make sure, but I think the bug probably should remain > here for now, possibly being forwarded upstream. Michel probably has a lot > more insight to this bug than anyone else though.
I've filed a bug upstream, but the reply doesn't make me believe upstream is interested in getting this resolved... http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13259 : | [EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: | | What |Removed |Added | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Status|NEW |RESOLVED | Resolution| |INVALID | | | | ------- Comment #1 from [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-11-15 14:04 PST ------- | the ati driver and radeonfb generally don't get along on x86. Your best bet is | not to mix them. Also, you probably don't want ati 6.6.19x; that's a dead end | tree. Better to use 6.7.19x or 6.6.3. Shall I test xserver-xorg-video-ati or does it require other architectural changes not yet in unstable? Cheers, Moritz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
