[Xpert]Radeo 7500 support.
So I recently went out and bought a Radeon 7500 after doing some research and discovering that 2D is already supported in the XFree86 CVS (and that 3D support is likely to come along eventually)... Unfortunately, I've hit a snag. I was able to pull the source from CVS and compile without any problems, but things aren't looking quite right :-) http://www.visualtech.com/adam/output.gif For some reason, some of my fonts are getting screwed up. All the text in the Enlightenment window manager is corrupted (as can be seen in the screenshot). Mozilla as well. The rendered web pages in Netscape is fine, but the fonts in the actual application (ie. the buttons and menus) are corrupted. KDE itself is fine. I can use konqueror without any problems, thankfully. The only errors in my /var/log/XFree86.0.log file are: (WW) Cannot open APM (WW) RADEON(0): Option "AGPMode" is not used The AGPMode option is simply in my XF86Config file since I upgraded from a 32 Meg DDR Radeon. Any ideas? Adam ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]Radeo 7500 support.
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Ani Joshi wrote: > > > On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > > > > So I recently went out and bought a Radeon 7500 after doing some research > > and discovering that 2D is already supported in the XFree86 CVS (and that > > 3D support is likely to come along eventually)... > > The Radeon 7500 has the same 3D pipe as the original Radeon, so you can > use CVS's radeon drm drivers and it will (should) work fine, does here > with a 7500 board I have. Well, I did get an error when I tried to enable DRI. So I thought I'd worry about 2D first, 3D second. But, since you've brought it up: Symbol xf86RemoveSIGIOHandler from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a is unresolved! Symbol xf86InstallSIGIOHandler from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a is unresolved! I assume that I can use the exact same kernel driver (2.4.12) that I was using with my old Radeon, right? > As for 8500, which introduces a new 3D pipe, I am working on the driver > nad will finish hopefully soon. I take it, then, that ATI has been open with the specs? > > > > Unfortunately, I've hit a snag. I was able to pull the source from CVS > > and compile without any problems, but things aren't looking quite right > > :-) > > > > http://www.visualtech.com/adam/output.gif > > I'm getting 404 on this page, are you usre this is the right url? Sorry... That should be: http://www.visualtech.com/adam/output.jpg Of course, now I have to admit that it's working fine for me. I haven't changed anything in my setup under Linux, but in my attempts to get the card working under Win2K, I *did* adjust some AGP settings in the bios. Could that have fixed the problem? Also, I'm not worried about it at the moment, but I will be getting a digital flat panel for Christmas. Are they currently supported by the driver (I know it works with the Radeon VE, but I wasn't sure about the 7500 or 8500). Thanks :-) Adam ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]Radeo 7500 support.
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Ani Joshi wrote: > > > On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > > > > So I recently went out and bought a Radeon 7500 after doing some research > > and discovering that 2D is already supported in the XFree86 CVS (and that > > 3D support is likely to come along eventually)... > > The Radeon 7500 has the same 3D pipe as the original Radeon, so you can > use CVS's radeon drm drivers and it will (should) work fine, does here > with a 7500 board I have. Hmmm... I reread what you posted, and then recompiled the radeon.o kernel module from the XFree86 CVS sources. Unfortunately, I'm still getting the unresolved symbol: Symbol xf86RemoveSIGIOHandler from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a is unresolved! Symbol xf86InstallSIGIOHandler from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a is unresolved! The radeon kernel module isn't automatically loaded, and manually loading it before starting X doesn't seem to help. Is this libdrm.a supposed to be built from the XFree86 sources? Adam ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]More on the Radeon 7500
X seems to crash for me every time I access a drop down menu box in Mozilla. It doesn't seem to matter what site it is, and it happens consistently for me. Adam ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]More on the Radeon 7500
On 29 Oct 2001, Michel [ISO-8859-1] Dänzer wrote: > On Sun, 2001-10-28 at 15:09, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > > > X seems to crash for me every time I access a drop down menu box in > > Mozilla. It doesn't seem to matter what site it is, and it happens > > consistently for me. > > Sounds like an acceleration bug, have you tried playing with the various > "XaaNo..." options? Not yet... I've been mostly fighting to get this card working under Win2K :-) However, I have noticed a lot of distortion left on the screen when minimizing windows under Enlightenment. It's easily remedied by xrefresh (or simply moving a window back and forth over the affected area). I'm not sure about this, but it seems to be more of a problem when running an App using the Xv extension (xawtv, gtv, etc.). I'll give the various Xaa options a shot when I get home later to see if that stops the server from crashing. In the mean time, I'm curious if anyone has even seen the unresolved symbols I mentioned earlier? Symbol xf86RemoveSIGIOHandler from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a is unresolved! Symbol xf86InstallSIGIOHandler from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a is unresolved! Adam ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]More on the Radeon 7500
On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > On 29 Oct 2001, Michel [ISO-8859-1] Dänzer wrote: > > > On Sun, 2001-10-28 at 15:09, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > > > > > X seems to crash for me every time I access a drop down menu box in > > > Mozilla. It doesn't seem to matter what site it is, and it happens > > > consistently for me. > > > > Sounds like an acceleration bug, have you tried playing with the various > > "XaaNo..." options? > > Not yet... I've been mostly fighting to get this card working under Win2K > :-) > > However, I have noticed a lot of distortion left on the screen when > minimizing windows under Enlightenment. It's easily remedied by xrefresh > (or simply moving a window back and forth over the affected area). I'm > not sure about this, but it seems to be more of a problem when running an > App using the Xv extension (xawtv, gtv, etc.). > > I'll give the various Xaa options a shot when I get home later to see if > that stops the server from crashing. > > In the mean time, I'm curious if anyone has even seen the unresolved > symbols I mentioned earlier? > > Symbol xf86RemoveSIGIOHandler from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a is >unresolved! > Symbol xf86InstallSIGIOHandler from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a is >unresolved! Well, I got to the bottom of the unresolved symbols problem I was having. I repulled everything from CVS, and tried again... I might have had different options in my host.def file this time around, because it did work! :-) My /var/log/XFree86.0.log file says DRI is enabled, so I just need to test it when I get home :-) So, I guess my final question/concern is about the DVI support for the card. Is there currently support for that feature on the card? I've heard success stories for getting it working on the Radeon VE, but haven't seen any info on how to get it working. Also, does dualhead work on this card, or can only one output work at a time? Adam ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]More on the Radeon 7500
On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Patrick McLean wrote: > The bug with the lists in mozilla sounds like the same bug I just reported > with my 8500, turning on the option XaaNoDashedTwoPointLine in XF86Config > seems to fix the problem. Actually, I recompiled from CVS this morning, copying over the linux.cf to the host.def... I'm not sure if there was an update in the code, or the change in the host.def file, but I'm not longer getting the crashes :-) Thanks for the suggestion, though :-) Adam ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]Radeon 7500 and dualhead support?
So I have a Radeon 7500 up and running under XFree86 CVS from earlier this week. Looks beautiful, and 3D performs pretty well (good enough to make me happy). My next quest is to get dualhead working with two CRT monitors on this card. I plugged the DFP-->CRT adapter that came with the card into the DFP port on it and then plugged in a second CRT monitor (which will be replaced with an actual flat panel after Christmas). When I booted up, I noticed that I was getting the exact same image on both monitors. As fascinating as it is to have Rune displaying on two separate monitors, that's not quite what I was going for :-) I tried playing with my XF86Config-4 file, adding a new Device section and Screen section, and then modifying my server layout, but now I get: (WW) RADEON: More than one matching Device section for instances (BusID: PCI:1:0:0) found: Radeon1 And then it continues up with the two exact same images on both displays again. Is what I'm trying even possible under X at the moment? Adam ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]A couple Radeon 7500 questions...
So, I've been using a dualhead setup with the Radeon 7500 for a couple weeks know and am really happy with the results. I am curious about a few things however: 1) The XFree86 Radeon 7500 driver treats the monitor connected to the DVI port as the primary head. To me, this makes perfect sense (if you're going to buy a digital flat panel, you're probably going to want to use it as the primary head). However, this seems to be the reverse of the windows drivers for the card, which treats the CRT port as the primary head. Does anyone know of a way to switch this in XFree86 (or even Windows)? I was hoping it'd be a single config change in m XF86Config-4 file, but according to the source for the driver, it looks like it was hardwired in. How hard would it be to "unhardwire" it? 2) Is anyone working on getting DRI support working in a dualhead setup (with or without xinerama)? What needs to be done to get it working (starting without xinerama, of course, since that should be simpler)? Adam Kirchhoff ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]A couple Radeon 7500 questions...
On 29 Dec 2001, Michel [ISO-8859-1] Dänzer wrote: > On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 05:11, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > > 1) The XFree86 Radeon 7500 driver treats the monitor connected to the DVI > > port as the primary head. To me, this makes perfect sense (if you're > > going to buy a digital flat panel, you're probably going to want to use it > > as the primary head). However, this seems to be the reverse of the > > windows drivers for the card, which treats the CRT port as the primary > > head. Does anyone know of a way to switch this in XFree86 (or even > > Windows)? I was hoping it'd be a single config change in m XF86Config-4 > > file, but according to the source for the driver, it looks like it was > > hardwired in. How hard would it be to "unhardwire" it? > > Option "CrtScreen" seems to be what you want. Sorry for taking so long to respond... I've pulled the code from CVS earlier this week, and recompiled. I tried: Option "CrtScreen" But it doesn't seem to have any affect what so ever. I'm not quite sure I made clear what I was aiming for :-) Let me give a quick description. I have two monitors hooked up to the 7500. On the left, what I'd like to be my secondary screen, I have a 17" Sony CRT. On the right (primary), I have a 17" analog flat panel. Under Linux, if I have the Flat panel attached to the DVI port (with the DVI->CRT adapter), it get's treated, properly, as the primary head. All Xv applications (xawtv, smpeg, aviplay) will display properly on this head. The CRT then gets treated as the secondary screen. This is perfect for what I want under Linux. If, however, I boot into Windows, the flat panel (still hooked up to the DVI port) is treated as the secondary screen, with the CRT as the primary. Ideally, I'd like the screens to operate the same way under both operating systems. Now, of course I can switch the screens so that the flat panel is on the CRT port and it'll get treated as the primary head under Windows, but not under Linux, whether or not I use the CrtScreen option. Any ideas? Adam ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]fullscreen xawtv and tearing...
Hello folks, I was hoping someone could help me out. I have two computers, one with a single proc P4 on an i845 motherboard, and one with dual proc P3s on a VIA motherboard. Both have similar Radeon 8500s in them, and both have bt848 cards. On the i845 system, if I go fullscreen with xawtv, the picture is nice, crisp, and clear. On the VIA system, if I go full screen with xawtv, the entire right side of the picture starts to tear. Anyone know what would be causing this problem and how it can be fixed? Adam ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
