On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Alex Villacís Lasso <[email protected]> wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14331 > > I am testing kernel releases on a machine with the following radeon > chipset as reported by lspci -v: > > 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon > Xpress 200] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device d600 > Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17 > Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] > I/O ports at ee00 [size=256] > Memory at fdef0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] > [virtual] Expansion ROM at fde00000 [disabled] [size=128K] > Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 > Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- > Count=1/1 Enable- > Kernel modules: radeon > > On all of these tests, I use the Fedora 10 distro with kernel > modesetting disabled and with the latest updates: > > xorg-x11-server-common-1.5.3-17.fc10.i386 > xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.5.3-17.fc10.i386 > xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.10.0-2.fc10.i386 > mesa-dri-drivers-7.2-0.15.fc10.i386 > mesa-libOSMesa-7.2-0.15.fc10.i386 > mesa-libGL-7.2-0.15.fc10.i386 > libdrm-2.4.0-0.21.fc10.i386 > > I know these versions do not follow the latest developments from xorg, > but up to vanilla kernel 2.6.31.1, I had somewhat decent DRI and Compiz > support. So I expected that the changes to radeon kernel support would > continue to work with the old userspace. However, with 2.6.32-rc3 (and > now 2.6.32-rc2), I get a system lockup with a black screen and an > unresponsive keyboard when X starts up. The keyboard leds do not blink, > so this makes me think that the kernel is caught in a loop instead of > having a kernel panic. Opened ssh sessions into the machine also become > unresponsive. When checking the xorg logs, the log stops at the line > "drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0". > > Adding Option "DRI" "off" to xorg.conf allows me to start up X, but I > lose DRI and compiz. > > I would like your opinion about the following issues: > * Should I expect DRI to continue working for radeon in a setup with a > newer kernel and old userspace? > * Have any of you experienced anything similar with 2.6.32-rc2 onwards?
F10 and F11 radeon kernel and userspace are not compatible with upstream. Both need to be upgraded to use the latest bits. Alex _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
