On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:04:36 +0100 Mike Lothian <m...@fireburn.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi > > I've noticed some horrible screen corruption using the lastest git > xorg & intel stack with in X. > > I've made the screen usable by booting with i915.modeset=0 with > Linus's latest tree (this just gives me a back screen with the > intel-next tree) > > I think the problem surfaced the same time as the tiling patches > appeared - is there a way to disable tiling to test this? > > My 2.6.29 and last weeks git kernels would refuse to startx for very > long not allowing kde to start (it was possible to recognise the > loading screen) it would just crash X then try and start it again > > The latest intel-next tree allows KDE to start WITH the corruption now > when KMS is enabled. When I VT switch the consoles look fine, it's > only X that's corrupted > > Hope this isn't too random a bug report On GM45 you'll need http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/anholt/drm-intel.git;a=commit;h=f544847fbaf099278343f875987a983f2b913134 which is currently in Eric's drm-intel-next branch. Otherwise in a KMS config the 2D driver will try to use a tiled buffer but the kernel won't set it up properly and you'll just get corruption. -- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
