[ltp] radeon framebuffer

Frank Fiene linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 23 Jun 2003 15:59:14 +0200


On Montag, 23. Juni 2003 14:42, Joel Ebel wrote:
> Does anyone have experience with the radeon framebuffer?  I'm trying
> it on my T40 (2373-92U) with a radeon 9000.  I'm using 2.4.21-ac1
> which has the right PCI ID's in it for this device.  It loads up fine,
> and runs pretty well, but there is an annoying flicker every few
> seconds, although the interval is irregular.  Any ideas why this
> happens? Anyhting I can do?  I may just have to go back to using the
> vesa framebuffer.  The VESA framebuffer works, but it is really slow,
> so I wanted to investigate the radeon framebuffer.  I haven't messed
> much with power management.  Are there any other problems with
> suspend/resume, etc. with the radeon framebuffer others have noticed?

Me too!
I want to user framebuffer on A31p (Radeon 7800 FireGL). When i compile 
the kernel (latest 2.4.21 vanilla) and start my system, the notebook 
hangs.

Regards, Frank.
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