Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:01:40 -0400 | From | Daniel Jacobowitz <> | Subject | Re: Linus' 2.6.0-test1 (PPC) -- Radeon Mobility M7 LW (AGP) display messed up (DRI update problem?) |
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On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 09:35:27PM -0700, Miles Lane wrote: > Hi Linus, > > It looks like maybe something went wrong in your DRI merge. > >From 2.6.0-test1, I have had major problems with my Radeon > display when XFree86 (cvs HEAD) starts up. I am running > on a PowerBook G4 (Titanium III/800) with DRI enabled. > Earlier 2.5 kernels rendered XFree86 okay. The weird thing > since test1 is that once XFree86 starts up, switching to a > VT and back does not clear up the problem. The VT displays > are hosed as well (the problem is that only about the top > one line of text (in a VT window) looks okay. Below that, > the whole screen is an out-of-sync blur. > > When I run fbset in a VT window, it shows the same info > that shows up when running under 2.5 kernels (with no display > corruption). > > I will test again with DRI disabled and see if the problem goes away. > If it does, I will check again with your DRI updates from 2.6.0-test1 > backed out. I'll let you know what happens.
FYI, I'm having similar problems with an aty128. DRI does not affect it, however. With X set to UseFBDev I get striping; without it I get a head-numbing blur effect.
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