[ltp] T41: Terminating Fglrx causes Radeon FB to be mangled

[Michael Gaber]

Felix E. Klee wrote:
> At Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:11:31 +0100,
> Felix E. Klee wrote:
>> X runs fine, and I'm already used to several features of this X
>> server, so I don't want to change it.
> 
> If there's no solution other than switching back to the "radeon" driver
> included in X.org 6.8.2, I'd like to know (chip is a Radeon 9000):

you could also switch you console-driver back to vesafb

> 
> 1. Does the radeon driver support DVI for an external screen at
>   1280x720 (HDTV)?

dunno that, but analog out works (at least) up to 1600x1200

> 
> 2. Does the radeon driver support dual head configurations?  I like
>   these when giving presentations, so that I can have notes on the
>   internal screen and the presentation on the external screen/beamer.
> 

no problem with that, using mergedFB and the mergednonrectangular option 
in xorg.conf if the screens have different sizes

> 3. Can Powerplay be emulated by using rovclock?  Currently, I have my
>   system automatically select one of two modes, depending on whether
>   it's on battery power or not:
> 
>   $ aticonfig --lsp
>     core/mem      [flags]
>   ---------------
>   1: 110/110 MHz  [low voltage]
>   2: 252/200 MHz  [default state]
> 
>   Is "rovclock -c 110 -m 110" the same as "aticonfig
>   --set-powerstate=1"?
> 

the OS driver supports "dynamicclocks" which chooses these speeds on demand

> 4. ATI's driver can be used in conjunction with VMware in order to have
>   basic Direct3D features in a Windows VM mapped to OpenGL on the LINUX
>   host.  Is this also possible with the "radeon" driver?
> 

dunno about that



hope that helped a bit