On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:55 AM, John Stoffel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm running Ubuntu Lucid Alpha (I know, bleeding edge) on a x86_64 AMD > box with 4Gb of RAM and PCIe X1600 (RV535) card, using the VGA output > to an old HP monitor. I'm using kernel 2.6.32-9-generic from Ubuntu, > since I'm also using KVM as well. > > I'm also using the xorg-edgers PPA as well: > > deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ubuntu lucid main > deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ubuntu lucid main > > Here's what I have installed for Mesa and xserver: > > sail:~> apt-show-versions | grep radeon > libdrm-radeon1/lucid uptodate 2.4.17+git20091230.c5c503b5-0ubuntu0sarvatt3 > libdrm-radeon1-dbg/lucid uptodate > 2.4.17+git20091230.c5c503b5-0ubuntu0sarvatt3 > xserver-xorg-video-radeon/lucid uptodate > 1:6.12.99+git20100104.48aa5064-0ubuntu0sarvatt > xserver-xorg-video-radeon-dbg/lucid uptodate > 1:6.12.99+git20100104.48aa5064-0ubuntu0sarvatt > > sail:~> apt-show-versions | grep mesa > libgl1-mesa-dev/lucid upgradeable from > 7.8.0~git20100107.d699b672-0ubuntu0sarvatt to > 7.8.0~git20100113.50ae9c60-0ubuntu0sarvatt > libgl1-mesa-dri/lucid upgradeable from > 7.8.0~git20100107.d699b672-0ubuntu0sarvatt to > 7.8.0~git20100113.50ae9c60-0ubuntu0sarvatt > libgl1-mesa-glx/lucid upgradeable from > 7.8.0~git20100107.d699b672-0ubuntu0sarvatt to > 7.8.0~git20100113.50ae9c60-0ubuntu0sarvatt > libglu1-mesa/lucid upgradeable from > 7.8.0~git20100107.d699b672-0ubuntu0sarvatt to > 7.8.0~git20100113.50ae9c60-0ubuntu0sarvatt > libglu1-mesa-dev/lucid upgradeable from > 7.8.0~git20100107.d699b672-0ubuntu0sarvatt to > 7.8.0~git20100113.50ae9c60-0ubuntu0sarvatt > mesa-common-dev/lucid upgradeable from > 7.8.0~git20100107.d699b672-0ubuntu0sarvatt to > 7.8.0~git20100113.50ae9c60-0ubuntu0sarvatt > mesa-utils/lucid upgradeable from > 7.8.0~git20100107.d699b672-0ubuntu0sarvatt to > 7.8.0~git20100113.50ae9c60-0ubuntu0sarvatt > > > apt-show-versions |grep drm > libdrm-intel1/lucid uptodate 2.4.17+git20091230.c5c503b5-0ubuntu0sarvatt3 > libdrm-nouveau1/lucid uptodate 2.4.17+git20091230.c5c503b5-0ubuntu0sarvatt3 > libdrm-radeon1/lucid uptodate 2.4.17+git20091230.c5c503b5-0ubuntu0sarvatt3 > libdrm-radeon1-dbg/lucid uptodate > 2.4.17+git20091230.c5c503b5-0ubuntu0sarvatt3 > libdrm2/lucid uptodate 2.4.17+git20091230.c5c503b5-0ubuntu0sarvatt3 > > I will try upgrading later tonight to the absolute latest versions. > > The system runs fine, except that when I expand an xterm to the full > size of the screen (1280x1024), there's corruption on the lower 3-4 > lines of the xterm. I can still use it, and if I re-size things so > that I raise the bottom up about 20 lines (hard to know exactly and I > can measure since I'm not in front of the machine right now) the > corruption goes away. >
Does the following xorg.conf option help? Option "ColorTIling" "False" > Would a screen shot be helpful to show the issue? > Yes. Alex > My xorg.conf has the following section: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc ATI Default Card" > Boardname "VESA driver (generic)" > Busid "PCI:3:0:0" > Driver "radeon" > Screen 0 > EndSection > > and my dmesg from bootup looks like this: > > [ 2.542792] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 > ... > [ 2.573541] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC6] enabled at IRQ 16 > [ 2.573589] pci 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC6] -> GSI 16 > (level, low) -> IRQ 16 > [ 2.573635] pci 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 > [ 2.573813] [drm] Initialized radeon 1.31.0 20080528 for > 0000:03:00.0 on minor 0 > [ 2.575998] vga16fb: initializing > [ 2.576001] vga16fb: mapped to 0xffff8800000a0000 > [ 2.576125] fb0: VGA16 VGA frame buffer device > ... > [ 33.275014] [drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map > [ 33.275459] [drm] Loading R500 Microcode > [ 33.275463] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting > radeon/R520_cp.bin > [ 33.282575] svc: failed to register lockdv1 RPC service (errno 97). > [ 33.288547] [drm] Num pipes: 1 > [ 33.288554] [drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs > > > Which makes me think I'm not using the proper DRM stuff, but who > knows. > > Please let me know if there's any more information I can provide, or > tests I can run. > > Thanks, > John > _______________________________________________ > xorg-driver-ati mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati > _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
