Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:09:15 +0200 | From | Knut Petersen <> | Subject | Re: Regression DRM/i915/KMS: VGA connector unusable after 2.6.31-rc8-git1, DVI connector ok |
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> I just pushed out something that may fix it. It was reported to fix > another situation that sounds _somewhat_ similar (ie VGA out on a mobile > chipset) > > It's commit 7c8460d: "drm/i915: fix mask bits setting", but it may take a > few minutes to mirror out to the public machines, so if you don't see it > yet, here's the patch if you want to try. > > Linus > Zhenyu Wangs patch fixed the problem, and 2.6.31-rc9-git2 works again with monitors attached to the VGA output. Thanks to all of you for the quick reaction.
BTW: My reason to try kernel 2.6.31-* is to find a good replacement for my current outdated setup (kernel 2.6.22.6 with a vintage (2006) X Window System Version 7.1.99.902). I´m testing the current kernels and X.Org X Server 1.6.3, Release Date: 2009-7-31, with intel module version = 2.8.0. (openSuSE 11.2 MS 6).
The old setup is a bit faster, and glx acceleration is much smoother:
- glxgears running on the old setup looks fine running on the old software, no matter what window size is used.
- glxgears running on the new setup looks almost fine with small windows, but is _very_ jerky running in a big window.
As the old X does not work with the new kernel, I cannot decide if the kernel or X is to blame.
Some other things I noticed. Have a look at the log:
<6>[ 1.933807] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel 915GM Chipset <6>[ 1.934571] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 7932K stolen memory <6>[ 1.937271] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xc0000000 <6>[ 1.937431] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 <6>[ 1.937528] i915 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 <7>[ 1.937619] i915 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64 <6>[ 3.051634] [drm] TV-12: set mode NTSC 480i 0 <3>[ 3.271424] render error detected, EIR: 0x00000010 <3>[ 3.271426] page table error <3>[ 3.271428] PGTBL_ER: 0x00000010 <3>[ 3.271431] [drm:i915_handle_error] *ERROR* EIR stuck: 0x00000010, masking <3>[ 3.271437] render error detected, EIR: 0x00000010 <3>[ 3.271438] page table error <3>[ 3.271440] PGTBL_ER: 0x00000010 <6>[ 3.277774] [drm] DAC-6: set mode 1280x1024 2c <6>[ 3.375806] [drm] TMDS-8: set mode 1280x1024 2d <4>[ 3.632583] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x64 <6>[ 3.638966] [drm] fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device <6>[ 3.639011] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
What shall I think about that render error followed by "EIR stuck"? Apparently it does not hurt, but it does appear on every boot.
What´s about that page table error? It´s also in every boot log, and it seems that it does not hurt either.
In the boot log I read "TV-12: set mode NTSC 480i 0". Well, I do not use the TV out connector, but in the BIOS setup I selected PAL and not NTSC. Why isn´t that detected and used?
cu, Knut
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