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

[Alex Deucher]

On 6/28/05, Jan Stoess <stoess@ira.uka.de> wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org
> > [mailto:linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org] On Behalf Of
> > Alex Deucher
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 3:54 PM
> > To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> > Subject: Re: [ltp] big radeon patch (includes lvds+ internal
> > tmds support)
> >
> > 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
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> (Sorry for the previous mail, I forgot to disable encryption/decryption.
> It's turned off from now on)
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> Ok, now it seems that the DVI is recognized, it comes up and shows
> something. However, I still get coarse-grain junk on the DVI Screen;
> more
> concrete, there seems to be an image that changes (e.g. if I log into my
> display manager), and resembles the real image that should be displayed,
> but
> is pretty garbled.

OK.  does the LVDS port still work properly?

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> But apparently, this has nothing to do with the TMDS feature, since I
> get
> this sort of output both for the (LVDS, TMDS) and (LVDS, CRT)
> configuration.

OK.

> I played around with most of the options, without any success. Loading
> dri
> and glx fails if enabled.

There's no dri support for pcie cards as of yet.

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> Again, find xorg.conf_lvds_tmds and X.org.0.log_lvds_tmds attached. I
> should
> point out that exactly the same config works for 6.8.2 if the
> MonitorLayout
> is changed to CRT (see the files xorg.conf_lvds_crt_682_working and

when you say 'works in 6.8.2', do you mean the DVI port works or the
vga port?  I assume you mean the vga port.  If you set the
monitorlayout to "LVDS, CRT" with my patched driver, does the vga port
still work?

> Xorg.conf.0.lvds_crt_682_working). Should I try patching 6.8.2?

No, the patch is against xorg cvs.

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> Thanks for your help,
> -Jan
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Thanks for testing!  I'll let you know when I post an updated patch.

Alex