hi, thanks for the reply. here is what i found with the dmesg, cropped at loading the vga part. i do find that they are quite different, which is suspicious because the rest of the log is pretty much the same. however i still don't know what the problem is.
rather interesting is this part (see the last line of each part, marked with ****) (in kernel 2.6.32-15) ===================== [ 29.988374] fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device [ 29.988377] registered panic notifier [ 29.988384] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.0.0 20080528 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0 [ 29.991893] vga16fb: initializing [ 29.991897] vga16fb: mapped to 0xc00a0000 ****[ 29.992059] fb1: VGA16 VGA frame buffer device ===================== (in kernel 2.6.32-22) ===================== [ 31.677043] fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device [ 31.677046] registered panic notifier [ 31.677052] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.0.0 20080528 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0 [ 31.757850] vga16fb: initializing [ 31.757855] vga16fb: mapped to 0xc00a0000 ****[ 31.757859] vga16fb: not registering due to another framebuffer present ===================== this is the most contrast part from other things. i don't understand what it means, but it seems something is not working in kernel 2.6.32-22, while it works in the previous kernel 2.6.32-15 although the starting procedure is exactly the same. for full reference (at least what i understand to be the correct part): cropped dmesg of kernel 2.6.32-15 ========================== [ 29.242349] [drm] radeon defaulting to kernel modesetting. [ 29.242352] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled. [ 29.242436] radeon 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 29.242449] radeon 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 29.244630] [drm] radeon: Initializing kernel modesetting. [ 29.244665] [drm] register mmio base: 0xFDFF0000 [ 29.244667] [drm] register mmio size: 65536 [ 29.244816] ATOM BIOS: Asus [ 29.245045] [drm] GPU reset succeed (RBBM_STATUS=0x10000140) [ 29.245069] [drm] Generation 2 PCI interface, using max accessible memory [ 29.245073] [drm] radeon: VRAM 128M [ 29.245075] [drm] radeon: VRAM from 0x00000000 to 0x07FFFFFF [ 29.245077] [drm] radeon: GTT 512M [ 29.245079] [drm] radeon: GTT from 0x20000000 to 0x3FFFFFFF [ 29.245190] alloc irq_desc for 29 on node -1 [ 29.245193] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 [ 29.245219] radeon 0000:01:00.0: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X [ 29.245278] [drm] radeon: irq initialized. [ 29.246051] [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=128M, BAR=256M [ 29.246056] [drm] RAM width 64bits DDR [ 29.248799] [TTM] Zone kernel: Available graphics memory: 436822 kiB. [ 29.248803] [TTM] Zone highmem: Available graphics memory: 1030586 kiB. [ 29.248825] [drm] radeon: 128M of VRAM memory ready [ 29.248827] [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready. [ 29.248850] [drm] GART: num cpu pages 131072, num gpu pages 131072 [ 29.251815] [drm] RB2D reset succeed (RBBM_STATUS=0x10000140) [ 29.251863] [drm] radeon: 1 quad pipes, 1 z pipes initialized. [ 29.261639] [drm] PCIE GART of 512M enabled (table at 0x00040000). [ 29.261665] [drm] radeon: cp idle (0x10000C03) [ 29.261773] [drm] Loading R500 Microcode [ 29.262047] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/R520_cp.bin [ 29.310343] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (16384 buckets, 65536 max) [ 29.310967] CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please use [ 29.310971] nf_conntrack.acct=1 kernel parameter, acct=1 nf_conntrack module option or [ 29.310974] sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 to enable it. [ 29.336309] [drm] radeon: ring at 0x0000000020000000 [ 29.336356] [drm] ring test succeeded in 3 usecs [ 29.336543] [drm] radeon: ib pool ready. [ 29.337070] [drm] ib test succeeded in 0 usecs [ 29.337325] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors [ 29.337327] [drm] Connector 0: [ 29.337329] [drm] VGA [ 29.337332] [drm] DDC: 0x7e40 0x7e40 0x7e44 0x7e44 0x7e48 0x7e48 0x7e4c 0x7e4c [ 29.337334] [drm] Encoders: [ 29.337336] [drm] CRT1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC1 [ 29.337338] [drm] Connector 1: [ 29.337340] [drm] LVDS [ 29.337343] [drm] DDC: 0x7e30 0x7e30 0x7e34 0x7e34 0x7e38 0x7e38 0x7e3c 0x7e3c [ 29.337345] [drm] Encoders: [ 29.337347] [drm] LCD1: INTERNAL_LVTM1 [ 29.337359] [drm] Connector 2: [ 29.337360] [drm] S-video [ 29.337362] [drm] Encoders: [ 29.337363] [drm] TV1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC2 [ 29.337365] [drm] Connector 3: [ 29.337367] [drm] DVI-I [ 29.337370] [drm] DDC: 0x7e50 0x7e50 0x7e54 0x7e54 0x7e58 0x7e58 0x7e5c 0x7e5c [ 29.337372] [drm] Encoders: [ 29.337374] [drm] DFP1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_TMDS1 [ 29.464641] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 [ 29.464650] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 [ 29.464695] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 29.466182] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs' [ 29.670321] type=1505 audit(1274175448.715:6): operation="profile_load" pid=984 name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession" [ 29.988103] [drm] fb mappable at 0xC00C0000 [ 29.988106] [drm] vram apper at 0xC0000000 [ 29.988108] [drm] size 4096000 [ 29.988110] [drm] fb depth is 24 [ 29.988112] [drm] pitch is 5120 [ 29.988374] fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device [ 29.988377] registered panic notifier [ 29.988384] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.0.0 20080528 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0 [ 29.991893] vga16fb: initializing [ 29.991897] vga16fb: mapped to 0xc00a0000 [ 29.992059] fb1: VGA16 VGA frame buffer device [ 30.008243] executing set pll [ 30.017051] executing set crtc timing [ 30.017127] [drm] LVDS-10: set mode 1280x800 1a [ 30.253050] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50 ========================== cropped dmesg of kernel 2.6.32-22 ========================== [ 30.171652] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 [ 30.703659] type=1505 audit(1274172890.766:6): operation="profile_load" pid=851 name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession" [ 31.047419] [drm] radeon defaulting to kernel modesetting. [ 31.047424] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled. [ 31.047493] radeon 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 31.047506] radeon 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 31.050672] [drm] radeon: Initializing kernel modesetting. [ 31.052426] [drm] register mmio base: 0xFDFF0000 [ 31.052429] [drm] register mmio size: 65536 [ 31.052557] ATOM BIOS: Asus [ 31.052794] [drm] GPU reset succeed (RBBM_STATUS=0x10000140) [ 31.052820] [drm] Generation 2 PCI interface, using max accessible memory [ 31.052824] [drm] radeon: VRAM 128M [ 31.052826] [drm] radeon: VRAM from 0x00000000 to 0x07FFFFFF [ 31.052828] [drm] radeon: GTT 512M [ 31.052830] [drm] radeon: GTT from 0x20000000 to 0x3FFFFFFF [ 31.052925] alloc irq_desc for 29 on node -1 [ 31.052927] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 [ 31.052953] radeon 0000:01:00.0: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X [ 31.052971] [drm] radeon: using MSI. [ 31.053041] [drm] radeon: irq initialized. [ 31.053681] [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=128M, BAR=256M [ 31.053685] [drm] RAM width 64bits DDR [ 31.054666] [TTM] Zone kernel: Available graphics memory: 436928 kiB. [ 31.054669] [TTM] Zone highmem: Available graphics memory: 1030692 kiB. [ 31.054688] [drm] radeon: 128M of VRAM memory ready [ 31.054690] [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready. [ 31.054709] [drm] GART: num cpu pages 131072, num gpu pages 131072 [ 31.057483] [drm] RB2D reset succeed (RBBM_STATUS=0x10000140) [ 31.057509] [drm] radeon: 1 quad pipes, 1 z pipes initialized. [ 31.057571] [drm] PCIE GART of 512M enabled (table at 0x00040000). [ 31.057604] [drm] radeon: cp idle (0x10000C03) [ 31.057667] [drm] Loading R500 Microcode [ 31.057671] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/R520_cp.bin [ 31.202294] [drm] radeon: ring at 0x0000000020000000 [ 31.202342] [drm] ring test succeeded in 3 usecs [ 31.202537] [drm] radeon: ib pool ready. [ 31.202630] [drm] ib test succeeded in 0 usecs [ 31.202800] [drm] Default TV standard: NTSC [ 31.202887] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors [ 31.202889] [drm] Connector 0: [ 31.202891] [drm] VGA [ 31.202893] [drm] DDC: 0x7e40 0x7e40 0x7e44 0x7e44 0x7e48 0x7e48 0x7e4c 0x7e4c [ 31.202896] [drm] Encoders: [ 31.202898] [drm] CRT1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC1 [ 31.202900] [drm] Connector 1: [ 31.202902] [drm] LVDS [ 31.202904] [drm] DDC: 0xc54 0xc54 0xc58 0xc58 0xc5c 0xc5c 0xc60 0xc60 [ 31.202906] [drm] Encoders: [ 31.202908] [drm] LCD1: INTERNAL_LVTM1 [ 31.202910] [drm] Connector 2: [ 31.202911] [drm] S-video [ 31.202913] [drm] Encoders: [ 31.202915] [drm] TV1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC2 [ 31.202917] [drm] Connector 3: [ 31.202918] [drm] DVI-I [ 31.202920] [drm] HPD1 [ 31.202922] [drm] DDC: 0x7e50 0x7e50 0x7e54 0x7e54 0x7e58 0x7e58 0x7e5c 0x7e5c [ 31.202925] [drm] Encoders: [ 31.202926] [drm] DFP1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_TMDS1 [ 31.676888] [drm] fb mappable at 0xC00C0000 [ 31.676891] [drm] vram apper at 0xC0000000 [ 31.676893] [drm] size 4096000 [ 31.676894] [drm] fb depth is 24 [ 31.676896] [drm] pitch is 5120 [ 31.677043] fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device [ 31.677046] registered panic notifier [ 31.677052] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.0.0 20080528 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0 [ 31.757850] vga16fb: initializing [ 31.757855] vga16fb: mapped to 0xc00a0000 [ 31.757859] vga16fb: not registering due to another framebuffer present [ 32.091182] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50 ========================== _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: [email protected]
