[ltp] Debian, xserver-xorg_7.0.10 and T41p ?

Theodore Ts'o linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:35:32 -0400


On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 01:37:16PM +0200, Jens Mayer wrote:
> I'm using Xorg 7.0 on my T41p, running Gentoo GNU/Linux. I also encountered 
> freezes and lockups with the modular version of Xorg, and the only solution 
> for me was to disable the framebuffered virtual terminals, since it was the 
> radeonfb kernel module which caused these annoyances when loaded in parallel 
> to a running Xorg server.

Does Xorg 7.0 support a separate screen going out to the VGA port?  I
upgraded to 6.9 from Debian Unstable right before linux.conf.au, got
the rude surprise that it had suffered GNOME disease with significant
functional regressions (and I NEEDED the VGA output in order to give
my LCA presentation), and as a result downgraded to 6.8.  I've since
kept Xorg 6.8 pinned until I was sure that the Radeon driver was
working as well as it did in X.org 6.8.  I thought I had been told
that 7.0 still had an Radeon driver that didn't support a second
screen out through the VGA port, but I haven't tried it myself.  Is it
working for you?

							- Ted