[ltp] big radeon patch (includes lvds+ internal tmds support)

Alex Deucher linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:53:45 -0400


Thanks for testing.  There was a bug in the previous version.  please
try the updated patch and files here:
http://www.botchco.com/alex/xorg/superpatch/

Thanks!

Alex

On 6/28/05, Jan Stoess <stoess@ira.uka.de> wrote:
> > - LVDS + internal TMDS.  if you have a laptop or docking
> > station with LVDS and a DVI port, set your monitorlayout to
> > "LVDS, TMDS" and it should work, however, I don't have such a
> > laptop/docking station to test with, so it may need some
> > small tweaks yet.  Please test and let me know how it goes.
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> Hi Alex,
> I tested your patch on a T43p, which has a ATI FireGL M24 GL 3154 (PCIE).=
 I
> checked out a CVS version of X.org yesterday, copied in your files and
> applied the patch. Patching succeeded except for one rejected hunk in
> radeon_driver.c that was easily to fix by hand.
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> Unfortunately dual head DVI (LVDS, TMDS) output still doesn't work yet. I=
 do
> not do MergedFB, just two screens (see attached xorg.conf). When I use a
> (LVDS, TMDS) Monitorlayout, the LVDS screen comes up correctly, but the D=
VI
> screen stays dark. I accidentially have a third screen attached to the CR=
T
> port. This one surprisingly shows a fuzzy clone of the LVDS screen with
> strange sync rates, even though it should stay dark according to the
> Monitorlayout. Find the configuration file and the X.org log in
> xorg.conf.lvds_tmds and X.org.0.log.lvds_tmds.
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> When I do (LVDS, CRT), LVDS works, but the CRT display shows coarse-grain
> junk. Find the configuration file and the X.org log in xorg.conf.lvds_crt=
 and
> X.org.0.log.lvds_crt. This configuration works perfectly with the current
> X.org 6.8.2 release by the way.
>=20
> Has anyone succeeded in getting dualhead with the DVI work on a T43p? I
> couldn't get it to work, neither with the X.org nor with the fglrx driver=
s.
> I'd
> be happy to test the X.org drivers on my box though.
>=20
> Thanks
> -Jan Stoess
>=20
>=20
>