"Richard Schwarting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thank you, again. > > Yes, the MTRR errors do not appear to be fatal. > > Option "UseBIOS" "off" makes a big difference. The screen is no > longer just black, and I can see a background and the moving cursor! > However, it is as though the hsync and vsync are terribly off- as the > display is quite a bit off-centre, wraps around the screen, is > sometimes repeated along the horizontal, and has visible moving scan > lines. > Hi, I think I have reproduced your problem, maybe the offset display is because screen centering is active on server start up.
If so, the patch I'm attaching will probably solve it. BTW, I wonder if the UseBIOS option should default to off, with all these laptops with broken bioses. > I have uploaded a copy of my Xorg.0.log using the "UseBIOS" "off" and > using -logverbose 7 to the bug: > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18816 > > I will replace it with one with SMI_DEBUG defined this afternoon (I > didn't have time this morning :D). > > I will also try different combinations of modes and v/hsync, though > I'm wondering whether the offset weird display is actually caused by > incorrectly set values for them, as I've tried rates that had worked > previously. > > Cheers, > Richard Schwarting > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 04:48, Francisco Jerez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> "Richard Schwarting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> Thanks for the responses. >>> >>> == Silicon Motion from git == >>> >>> Yes Francisco, I've tried the latest code from >>> git://anongit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-siliconmotion and >>> that led to what I thought was the same error, since I was still left >>> with a blank screen, but now I see that it is differently. >>> >>> Having just recompiled that driver, I get the following when running: >>> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Dec 2 00:24:54 2008 >>> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" >>> error setting MTRR (base = 0x14200000, size = 0x00800000, type = 1) >>> Invalid argument (22) >>> error setting MTRR (base = 0x14200000, size = 0x00800000, type = 1) >>> Invalid argument (22) >>> error setting MTRR (base = 0x14200000, size = 0x00800000, type = 1) >>> Invalid argument (22) >>> >> That happened because the SM720 framebuffer aperture is misaligned, I >> think the old pci layer code handled that automatically and split the >> memory range across several MTRRs. >> >> That error is worrisome, but it shouldn't be fatal. I think I'll have >> a look at it soon. >> >>> Of course, I should perhaps try the recent git silicon motion driver >>> with the current Xorg server in git, so I'm leaving that to set up >>> overnight. >>> >>> note: The vesa driver doesn't work with this card for me either right now. >>> >>> == MTRR error context == >>> >>> For some added context, that error "error setting MTRR" appears to >>> come from the function "pci_device_linux_sysfs_map_range(...)" from >>> libpciaccess's linux_sysfs.c which appears to get called as a method >>> "map_range" of a structure of struct pci_system_methods >>> linux_sysfs_methods. >>> >>> I think this would be the map_range that's being called in >>> libpciaccess's pci_device_map_range in the lines: >>> err = (*pci_sys->methods->map_range)(dev, >>> &mappings[devp->num_mappings]); >>> I'll try to verify that tomorrow. >>> >>> == Xorg.0.log == >>> >>> For the Xorg.0.log from a run with the Xorg server packaged in Ubuntu >>> 8.10 and the current Silicon Motion driver from git, I've attached it >>> to: >>> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?bugid=18816 >>> >> >> I had a look at it, and I suspect that you could get it working >> again by using Option "UseBIOS" "off" (or maybe Option "NoAccel") in >> the device config file section, but I don't exactly know what is going >> on. Could you send a more verbose log, e.g. with the "-logverbose 7" >> server option, and maybe rebuild the driver with "-DSMI_DEBUG" among >> the CFLAGS? >> >>> == Random Thoughts == >>> >>> Since I think this is the same issue I encountered with Fedora 9 at >>> the start of the summer, I'm wondering whether I'm the only Linux user >>> left using this particular card or whether the others are just >>> avoiding the current X (or whether my system is in a faulty >>> configuration) :D >> > _______________________________________________ > xorg mailing list > xorg@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
From 807acefdabf3970ab51ced71d66eb366cc0c537b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francisco Jerez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 23:43:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Disable screen centering on mode initialization.
---
src/smilynx_hw.c | 7 ++++++-
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/smilynx_hw.c b/src/smilynx_hw.c
index 4b6c121..f15a436 100644
--- a/src/smilynx_hw.c
+++ b/src/smilynx_hw.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ SMILynx_HWInit(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn)
int vgaCRIndex = vgaIOBase + VGA_CRTC_INDEX_OFFSET;
int vgaCRData = vgaIOBase + VGA_CRTC_DATA_OFFSET;
CARD8 SR17, SR20, SR21, SR22, SR24, SR30, SR31, SR32, SR34,
- SR66, SR68, SR69, SR6A, SR6B;
+ SR66, SR68, SR69, SR6A, SR6B, CR9E;
ENTER();
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ SMILynx_HWInit(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn)
SR69 = VGAIN8_INDEX(pSmi, VGA_SEQ_INDEX,VGA_SEQ_DATA,0x69);
SR6A = VGAIN8_INDEX(pSmi, VGA_SEQ_INDEX,VGA_SEQ_DATA,0x6A);
SR6B = VGAIN8_INDEX(pSmi, VGA_SEQ_INDEX,VGA_SEQ_DATA,0x6B);
+ CR9E = VGAIN8_INDEX(pSmi, vgaCRIndex,vgaCRData,0x9E);
if (pSmi->PCIBurst) {
SR17 |= 0x20;
@@ -108,6 +109,9 @@ SMILynx_HWInit(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn)
SR34 |= 0x80;
}
+ /* Disable Vertical Expansion/Vertical Centering/Horizontal Centering */
+ CR9E &= ~0x7;
+
/* Program MCLK */
if (pSmi->MCLK > 0)
SMI_CommonCalcClock(pScrn->scrnIndex, pSmi->MCLK,
@@ -150,6 +154,7 @@ SMILynx_HWInit(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn)
VGAOUT8_INDEX(pSmi, VGA_SEQ_INDEX,VGA_SEQ_DATA,0xA0, 0x00);
VGAOUT8_INDEX(pSmi, vgaCRIndex, vgaCRData, 0x33, 0x00);
VGAOUT8_INDEX(pSmi, vgaCRIndex, vgaCRData, 0x3A, 0x00);
+ VGAOUT8_INDEX(pSmi, vgaCRIndex, vgaCRData,0x9E, CR9E);
LEAVE(TRUE);
}
--
1.5.6.5
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