[ltp] Litle Xorg error after resume (i855GM)

Jan Girlich linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 24 Nov 2005 23:15:30 +0100


Vaclav Stepan wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 03:47:16PM +0100, Jan Girlich wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>I don't have a radeon but I had a similar Problem with my Intel Extreme 
>>Graphics 2 (i855GM) and could solve it by using vbetool. If you use the 
>>"official" hibernate-script from http://www.suspend2.net/ for suspending 
>>you just need to install vbetool and uncomment some lines in 
>>/etc/hibernate/sleep.conf
> 
> 
> I had this problem too - but not knowing about vbetool, I solved
> it by disabling OpenGL support. Is the following true? If so,
> it would be worth to change the Wiki accordingly:
> 
> * if you have i885GM and restore the video state just
>   by cat from and to the PCI device, then:
> ** if you have GLX enabled, X will not draw everything properly
> ** if you have GLX disabled, X will behave correctly
> 
> * if you use also the vbetool, X will behave good even if you
>   use the OpenGL support
> 
> Is that true?

I tested it once more:

No. I don't know what I changed, but I have this problem now, too. Maybe 
I changed something while debugging my xorg.

Jan