Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Regression 2.6.34+ -> 2.6.34-rc5: radeon KMS rs780 problems | From | Michel Dänzer <> | Date | Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:00:06 +0200 |
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On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 23:00 -0400, Ed Tomlinson wrote: > On Monday 19 July 2010 10:34:20 Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Sam, 2010-07-17 at 18:56 -0400, Ed Tomlinson wrote: > > > > > > My 790gx chipset supplies an rs780. With .34+ all is ok. > > > With .35-rc5 basic function seems ok (kde works) but games like > > > extreme tux racer have problems. The cursor does not display when on > > > the tux racer window and various objects flicker on and off as I > > > attempt to play the game. > > > > Sounds like it might be > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28341 . Does the X driver > > patch attached there fix the problem? > > Michel, > > xf86-video-ati git from today fails. Applying the revert patch in the above message > fixes the problem. Its an interesting bug in that the kernel change triggers the > driver bug. Might be a good idea to get this fixed, one way or another, before > -35 gets released?
It's basically a userspace bug, the buggy userspace code is just only active with new functionality in the new kernel.
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