Connor Behan composed on 2016-01-02 15:40 (UTC-0500): > Felix Miata wrote:
>> I'm getting inexplicable web server errors trying to search for r128 bugs on >> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/query.cgi advanced search, so don't see if >> there's any bug on point. >> I don't get why there's any reference to a DVI-0 output on an ancient card >> that only has VGA output. Server 16.1/kernel 3.16.7 is OK, with no sign of >> DVI-0 in its Xorg.0.log. >> I don't see why no screens are being found, whether or not I have an >> xorg.conf file. Logs with and without, on CRT and WLCD screens: >> http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Xorg/R128/xorg.0.log-ostw-r128-WOxconf-crt >> http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Xorg/R128/xorg.0.log-ostw-r128-WOxconf-wsxga >> http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Xorg/R128/xorg.0.log-ostw-r128-withxconf-wsxga >> Anyone see what the problem might be, or know? Need I file a bug on >> freedesktop? openSUSE? > Bug 91358 is more or less about this. Thank you! https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91358 The R128 card in that bug's attached image is virtually identical to mine, which is also from a Dell (Optiplex GX240 tower), labeled Rage 128 Ultra on the backside. The white chip sticker has the same R128P 73108, and same stamped PN 109-73100-02. The differences are: 1: the four yellow chips in that image are black on mine, 2: the two what looks like surface mount polymer caps lower right are on mine two chips like replace the four yellow; 3: the inked 56 in the upper missing RAM chip location on mine is S70. > When the card worked on an older > "server and kernel", that's probably because it was using a version of > xf86-video-r128 less than 6.10.0. The change in 6.10.0 that seems to be > causing a lot of grief is that the driver now gives up when it fails to > detect a monitor. Older versions just assumed that there was a monitor > plugged into a VGA port when this happened. > Of the many cases for monitor detection, these three seem to work: > * DVI cards. > * Mobility cards. > * VGA cards not marked as DFP capable on x86 platforms. > So far I've met a PPC user with a non-DFP VGA card and he can't get > monitor detection to work. Your situation seems to be that you have a > VGA card that the original driver authors (correctly or incorrectly) > marked as DFP capable. Therefore the driver assumes that it is DVI > before it reads the BIOS connector table. And something is wrong with > the BIOS connector tables or my understanding of them because no VGA > section is being found. In case it might be useful, hwinfo output on mine: http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Xorg/R128/hwinfo-gfx-r128UTF.txt > Because of all these cards doing undocumented things, it is probably > best to go back to fallback code similar to what the old driver has. A > patch I posted for this is > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=117325. Let me know if > you still get server errors and I can attach it. Still get server errors after doing what? I'm not a programmer, so I don't build. I only install, and test, binary packages others build, if and when they do. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
