Bug#565313: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
I also have the dim green-tinted display in 16-bit mode. Seems to work fine in 24 bits but Flash video plays poorly in 24-bit mode which is why I prefer to use 16 bits. Versions prior to the upgrade the week of Jan 15 2010 worked normally in 16-bit mode. I have xserver-xorg 1:7.5+1 and xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.12.4-2. My video card is a Radeon Mobility 9200. Output from lspci: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M9+ 5C61 [Radeon Mobility 9200 (AGP)] (rev 01) -- -| Bob Hauck (Brother Nail Gun of The Short Path) -| http://www.haucks.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#528709: Problem Solved
Mattia Dongili wrote: I had the same setup in xorg.conf for several years, but apparently the latest version of the synaptics driver prefers to be configured via HAL. This is not well-documented in the README or NEWS files. There is a brief mention of auto-configuration and HAL in README.Debian but then it goes on to describe manual configuration using xorg.conf, which is seemingly not the proper method now. well, I wouldn't say proper. Anyway, can you suggest a change to the README or NEWS file that would help clearing this out? This is really only a problem for people upgrading from a previous version who had custom settings in xorg.conf and who also use synclient/syndaemon. At least I didn't notice any problem until I realized that syndaemon wasn't working any more. In terms of that I think it needs to be made clear that if HAL is in use then settings changes should now be made via an fdi file, whereas if HAL is not in use then changes should be made to xorg.conf as in previous versions of the driver. At least that's how I'm understanding it. After the discussion of enabling tapping, NEWS says: Note that the configuration will not be permanently modified, to do so assign the above option values in your xorg.conf or custom fdi file Maybe it would be better to say something like: Note that the configuration will not be permanently modified. To do so assign the above option values in a custom fdi file (if HAL is in use) or in xorg.conf (if HAL is not in use). Similarly, in the README, it mentions both methods but doesn't say anything about under what circumstances one or the other is preferred. Perhaps you could add something like this to the section on auto-configuration: If your system is using HAL then a custom fdi file is the preferred way to configure the driver. If you have existing settings in xorg.conf from a previous version of the driver and your system is using HAL then those settings should be migrated to a custom fdi file. See the comments in the default file for details of the syntax. Perhaps the post-install script could even notify the user that he should read the NEWS file for information on the new configuration method. -- -| Bob Hauck (Brother Nail Gun of The Short Path) -| http://www.haucks.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#528709: Problem Solved
I finally figured out what the problem was. If I completely remove any reference to synaptics from my xorg.conf then synclient and syndaemon work as documented. Apparently it is not a good idea to have configuration done both by xorg.conf and by HAL. I had the same setup in xorg.conf for several years, but apparently the latest version of the synaptics driver prefers to be configured via HAL. This is not well-documented in the README or NEWS files. There is a brief mention of auto-configuration and HAL in README.Debian but then it goes on to describe manual configuration using xorg.conf, which is seemingly not the proper method now. So the fix was as follows. I removed all references to the synaptics driver from my xorg.conf, then restarted X. At that point I could use synclient to configure the touchpad as documented in the man page. To make my settings permanent, I copied the default fdi file from: /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi to: /etc/hal/fdi/11-x11-synaptics.fdi Then I edited that file to set my configuration variables. After restarting HAL and X everything worked as it is supposed to. -- -| Bob Hauck (Brother Nail Gun of The Short Path) -| http://www.haucks.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#528709: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Syndaemon does not work.
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Version: 1.1.1~git20090510-1 Severity: normal Syndaemon does not disable the touchpad as it should. If I run syndaemon from a terminal it prints that it is disabling and re-enabling the touch- pad, but it is not in fact doing so. The touchpad is active regardless of what syndaemon says it is doing. This may be related to a problem I've noticed with synclient. It does not actually change the state of the TouchpadOff variable unless the -s option is used. Doing synclient TouchpadOff=1 does not disable the touchpad even though if I subsequently run synclient -l it shows TouchpadOff=1 as expected. However, if I use the -s option to synclient, then it really does disable the touchpad. So it would appear that the shared memory is still required. Unfortunately, while the man page documents a -s switch for syndaemon, it does not accept that option. -- Package-specific info: Contents of /var/lib/x11/X.roster: xserver-xorg /var/lib/x11/X.md5sum does not exist. X server symlink status: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2006-04-11 20:21 /etc/X11/X - /usr/bin/Xorg -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1695356 2009-04-15 07:47 /usr/bin/Xorg Contents of /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.roster: xserver-xorg VGA-compatible devices on PCI bus: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M9+ 5C61 [Radeon Mobility 9200 (AGP)] (rev 01) /etc/X11/xorg.conf does not match checksum in /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum. Xorg X server configuration file status: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2038 2009-04-27 20:26 /etc/X11/xorg.conf Contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf: # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page. # (Type man xorg.conf at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following command: # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Section ServerFlags Option DontZap off EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver kbd Option XkbRules xorg Option XkbModel pc104 Option XkbLayout us Option XkbOptionsctrl:nocaps,compose:menu EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Configured Mouse Driver mouse Option Emulate3Buttons true EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Touchpad Driver synaptics Option CorePointer Option Emulate3Buttons true Option Device/dev/psaux Option Protocol auto-dev Option SHMConfig true Option TouchpadOff 2 Option TapButton11 Option TapButton22 Option TapButton33 Option FingerLow 14 Option FingerHigh15 Option MaxTapTime180 Option MaxTapMove110 Option MaxDoubleTapTime 150 EndSection Section Device Identifier Configured Video Device EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Configured Monitor EndSection Section Screen Identifier Default Screen Monitor Configured Monitor EndSection Section ServerLayout Identifier Default Layout Screen Default Screen InputDevice Touchpad CorePointer InputDevice Configured Mouse SendCoreEvents EndSection Section Extensions Option Composite off EndSection Xorg X server log files on system: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47556 2006-06-29 21:58 /var/log/Xorg.1.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49574 2009-05-14 17:34 /var/log/Xorg.0.log Contents of most recent Xorg X server log file /var/log/Xorg.0.log: X.Org X Server 1.6.1 Release Date: 2009-4-14 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 x86_64 Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 500 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=main origin ftp.debian.org Pinned packages: Current Operating System: Linux robin 2.6.29-2-686 #1 SMP Sun May 3 12:46:00 UTC 2009 i686 Build Date: 15 April 2009 11:46:22AM xorg-server 2:1.6.1-1 (bgog...@debian.org) Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from
Bug#523652: It works with shared memory
If I enable shared memory then synclient -s TouchpadOff=1 disables the touchpad and synclient -s TouchpadOff=0 enables it again. If I don't give the -s option to the synclient command, then the touchpad seems to ignore the setting I give it and stays enabled all the time. This may be related to why syndaemon doesn't work anymore, as the -s option for that seems to have gone missing. It is in the man page but if I try to use it I get the command help. -- -| Bob Hauck -| http://www.haucks.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#384256: xserver-xorg-core newer than xserver-xorg-video-all
Package: xserver-xorg-core Version: 1:1.1.1-3 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable After doing an apt-get upgrade, X will no longer start and gives an error message that says the modular driver for radeon is using an outdated ABI. It appears that the version of xserver-xorg-core has been upgraded but there is no corresponding upgraded version of xserver-xorg-video-ati. Reverting to 1.0.2-9 restores a working X setup. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17.8-centrino Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages xserver-xorg-core depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-2GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfontenc1 1:1.0.1-6 X11 font encoding library ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-11 GCC support library ii libxau6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 authorisation library ii libxdmcp6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 Display Manager Control Protoc ii libxfont1 1:1.2.0-2 X11 font rasterisation library ii x11-common1:7.0.23 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc ii xserver-xorg-input-al 1:7.0.23 the X.Org X server -- input driver ii xserver-xorg-input-ev 1:1.1.2-1 X.Org X server -- evdev input driv ii xserver-xorg-input-kb 1:1.0.1.3-2X.Org X server -- keyboard input d ii xserver-xorg-input-mo 1:1.0.4-3 X.Org X server -- mouse input driv ii xserver-xorg-video-al 1:7.0.23 the X.Org X server -- output drive ii xserver-xorg-video-ap 1:1.0.1.5-2X.Org X server -- APM display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-ar 1:0.5.0.5-2X.Org X server -- ark display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-at 1:6.5.8.0-1X.Org X server -- ATI display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-ch 1:1.0.1.3-3X.Org X server -- Chips display dr ii xserver-xorg-video-ci 1:1.0.0.5-2X.Org X server -- Cirrus display d ii xserver-xorg-video-cy 1:1.0.0.5-2X.Org X server -- Cyrix display dr ii xserver-xorg-video-du 1:0.1.0.5-2X.Org X server -- dummy display dr ii xserver-xorg-video-fb 1:0.1.0.5-2X.Org X server -- fbdev display dr ii xserver-xorg-video-gl 1:1.0.1.3-3X.Org X server -- Glint display dr ii xserver-xorg-video-i1 1:1.1.0.5-2X.Org X server -- i128 display dri ii xserver-xorg-video-i7 1:1.0.0.5-2X.Org X server -- i740 display dri ii xserver-xorg-video-i8 1:1.5.1.0-2X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx ii xserver-xorg-video-im 1:1.0.0.5-2X.Org X server -- IMSTT display dr ii xserver-xorg-video-mg 1:1.2.1.3.dfsg.1-2 X.Org X server -- MGA display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-ne 1:1.0.0.5-2X.Org X server -- Neomagic display ii xserver-xorg-video-ne 1:0.1.4.1-3X.Org X server -- Newport display ii xserver-xorg-video-ns 1:2.7.6.5-2X.Org X server -- NSC display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-nv 1:1.0.1.5-2X.Org X server -- NV display drive ii xserver-xorg-video-re 1:4.0.1.3.dfsg.1-2 X.Org X server -- Rendition displa ii xserver-xorg-video-s3 1:1.8.6.5-2X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display ii xserver-xorg-video-sa 1:2.0.2.3-4X.Org X server -- Savage display d ii xserver-xorg-video-si 1:1.3.1.5-3X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion di ii xserver-xorg-video-si 1:0.8.1.3-2X.Org X server -- SiS display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-si 1:0.7.1.3-2X.Org X server -- SiS USB display ii xserver-xorg-video-td 1:1.1.1.3-3X.Org X server -- tdfx display dri ii xserver-xorg-video-tg 1:1.0.0.5-3X.Org X server -- TGA display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-tr 1:1.0.1.2-2X.Org X server -- Trident display ii xserver-xorg-video-ts 1:1.0.0.5-2X.Org X server -- Tseng display dr ii xserver-xorg-video-v4 0.0.1.5-1 X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux di ii xserver-xorg-video-ve 1:1.0.1.3-2X.Org X server -- VESA display dri ii xserver-xorg-video-vg 1:4.0.0.5-2X.Org X server -- VGA display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-vi 1:0.1.33.2-3 X.Org X server -- VIA display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-vm 1:10.11.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- VMware display d ii xserver-xorg-video-vo 1:1.0.0.5-2X.Org X server -- Voodoo display d ii zlib1g1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime Versions of packages xserver-xorg-core recommends: ii xkb-data 0.8-7 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
