[ltp] T60p Wifi and Display

Alex Deucher linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:01:47 -0500


On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Phil Shotton <phil@stairbridge.org.uk> wrote:
> Whee heee! It works.
>  Had to pull from git and build myself, but now have twin-head and
>  suspend/resume working. Thank you very much for your patient help.
>  Great work radeon driver developers!
>
>  If I can impose one more time, DRI is failing. From Xorg log whole bunch of
>  drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
>  drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
>
>  and finally
>
>  (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed to open the DRM
>  [dri] Disabling DRI.
>
>  The directory /dev/dri is empty. The Xorg dri module is loading, agpgart
>  and ati_agp kernel modules are present.
>  I can live without DRI but it would be nice to have everything working.
>

There's no 3D support yet for r5xx cards yet.  We're working on it :)

Alex

>  Cheers
>  Phil
>
>  Alex Deucher wrote:
>  > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Phil Shotton <phil@stairbridge.org.uk> wrote:
>  >
>  >> radeon fails to start at all, even with a minimal xorg.conf. I simply
>  >>  get booted into a 800x600 failsafe screen with my xorg.conf trashed.
>  >>  That's 2.5 days wasted. For now I've gone back to proprietary and living
>  >>  with no suspend/resume, but boy am I fed up with the whole thing.
>  >>  Thanks for your help.
>  >>
>  >
>  > You need to make sure you have at least xf86-video-ati version 6.8.0
>  > or newer.  Previous versions didn't support your chip.
>  >
>  > Alex
>  >
>  >
>  >>  Phil
>  >>
>  >>  Alex Deucher wrote:
>  >>  > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:34 AM, Phil Shotton <phil@stairbridge.org.uk> wrote:
>  >>  >
>  >>  >> Alex
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  Thanks for your help. I found a resolution key and removed it, but it
>  >>  >>  makes no difference.
>  >>  >>  If I boot the laptop out of the dock, I get a 1400x1050 display on the
>  >>  >>  laptop. If I then plug the external monitor in and do "xrandr --auto"
>  >>  >>  nothing happens.
>  >>  >>  I tried "xrandr --output VGA_1 --mode 1280x1024" and the external
>  >>  >>  monitor displayed a beautiful mosaic of colours!
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  So right now, I can have a laptop that suspends but only runs one
>  >>  >>  monitor, or one that's dual-head but hangs on sleep. Judging by chat on
>  >>  >>  the web I'm not the only one. Colleagues are suggesting I stick Windoze
>  >>  >>  back on and after burning over 2 working days on this already I can see
>  >>  >>  their point :-(
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  Interesting that the ATI-based thinkpads always seem cheaper than the
>  >>  >>  nvidia ones. I certainly would not use my own money to buy any machine
>  >>  >>  with an ATI graphics card.
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >
>  >>  > Have you tried that radeon driver (xf86-video-ati version 6.8.0 or
>  >>  > newer) as I suggested earlier?  That will probably work better for
>  >>  > you.  You could also file a bug for radeonhd:
>  >>  > https://bugs.freedesktop.org
>  >>  >
>  >>  > Alex
>  >>  >
>  >>  >
>  >>  >>  Phil
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  Alex Deucher wrote:
>  >>  >>  > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Phil Shotton <phil@stairbridge.org.uk> wrote:
>  >>  >>  >
>  >>  >>  >> Hi Alex
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  I tried the radeonhd driver, and after a bit of fiddling I've managed to
>  >>  >>  >>  get suspend/resume working - great.
>  >>  >>  >>  However, with an external monitor plugged in I get no display on the
>  >>  >>  >>  laptop screen once I've logged in (the login screen shows
>  >>  >>  >>  on both).
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >
>  >>  >>  > This is due to the video resolution gui in gnome (or kde).  If you've
>  >>  >>  > used the gui to set a mdoe it saves that configuration and resets it
>  >>  >>  > when you log in.  however, it's not randr 1.2 aware so it doesn't work
>  >>  >>  > well with multi-head.  It should work if you remove the keys in:
>  >>  >>  > /desktop/gnome/screen/$hostname/$screennum/
>  >>  >>  >
>  >>  >>  > Alex
>  >>  >>  >
>  >>  >>  >
>  >>  >>  >>  xrandr reports:
>  >>  >>  >>  Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 2800 x 1050
>  >>  >>  >>  VGA_1 connected 1280x1024+0+0 32mm x 32mm
>  >>  >>  >>    1280x1024      75.0*
>  >>  >>  >>    1024x768       75.1     70.1     60.0
>  >>  >>  >>    800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3
>  >>  >>  >>    640x480        75.0     72.8     60.0
>  >>  >>  >>    720x400        70.1
>  >>  >>  >>  PANEL connected
>  >>  >>  >>    1400x1050      60.0 +
>  >>  >>  >>  DVI-D_1 disconnected
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  Looking in Xorg.0.log (attached) shows lots of "Not using default mode
>  >>  >>  >>   ...." with "vrefresh out of range" and "hsync out of range" and "height
>  >>  >>  >>  too large for virtual size" but it still returns the modeline for the
>  >>  >>  >>  1400x1050 resolution that xrandr shows.
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  My xorg.conf is about as simple as I could make it. Also attached.
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  Cheers
>  >>  >>  >>  Phil
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  Alex Deucher wrote:
>  >>  >>  >>  > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Phil Shotton <phil@stairbridge.org.uk> wrote:
>  >>  >>  >>  >
>  >>  >>  >>  >> After finally getting my T60 working to my satisfaction I've been
>  >>  >>  >>  >>  upgraded(!) to a T60p, and I now have two problems after installing
>  >>  >>  >>  >>  Ubuntu Gutsy:
>  >>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  >>  1) Atheros AR5418 wifi card. Not recognized.  I've tried using the
>  >>  >>  >>  >>  latest madwifi for this but with no success. The ndiswrapper works fine,
>  >>  >>  >>  >>  but it's not getting loaded at boot. The ndiswrapper config placed an
>  >>  >>  >>  >>  ndiswrapper file in /etc/modprobe.d - containing 1 line:
>  >>  >>  >>  >>     alias wlan0 ndiswrapper
>  >>  >>  >>  >>  but the driver still doesn't get loaded. If I "modprobe ndiswrapper"
>  >>  >>  >>  >>  everything works fine (in fact I get better wifi performance than with T60).
>  >>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  >>  2) Display. This T60p has an ATI Mobility FireGL V5250. I need dual-head
>  >>  >>  >>  >>  support and the only way I could get that on the T60 (ATI X1400) was to
>  >>  >>  >>  >>  use the ATI proprietary drivers. I'm using the latest 8.452.1 version,
>  >>  >>  >>  >>  and it all works OK except:
>  >>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  >
>  >>  >>  >>  > That chips works fine in both radeon (6.8.0 and newer) and radeonhd.
>  >>  >>  >>  > No 3D yet however.
>  >>  >>  >>  >
>  >>  >>  >>  > Alex
>  >>  >>  >>  >
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  # xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
>  >>  >>  >>  #
>  >>  >>  >>  # This file was generated by failsafeDexconf, using
>  >>  >>  >>  # values from the debconf database and some overrides to use vesa mode.
>  >>  >>  >>  #
>  >>  >>  >>  # You should use dexconf or another such tool for creating a "real" xorg.conf
>  >>  >>  >>  # For example:
>  >>  >>  >>  #   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  Section "ServerLayout"
>  >>  >>  >>         Identifier     "Default Layout"
>  >>  >>  >>         Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
>  >>  >>  >>         InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
>  >>  >>  >>         InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
>  >>  >>  >>         InputDevice    "Synaptics Touchpad"
>  >>  >>  >>  EndSection
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  Section "Files"
>  >>  >>  >>  EndSection
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  Section "Module"
>  >>  >>  >>         Load  "glx"
>  >>  >>  >>         Load  "GLcore"
>  >>  >>  >>         Load  "v4l"
>  >>  >>  >>  EndSection
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  Section "InputDevice"
>  >>  >>  >>         Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
>  >>  >>  >>         Driver      "kbd"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "CoreKeyboard"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "XkbLayout" "gb"
>  >>  >>  >>  EndSection
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  Section "InputDevice"
>  >>  >>  >>         Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
>  >>  >>  >>         Driver      "mouse"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "CorePointer"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
>  >>  >>  >>  EndSection
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  Section "InputDevice"
>  >>  >>  >>         Identifier  "Synaptics Touchpad"
>  >>  >>  >>         Driver      "synaptics"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "SendCoreEvents" "true"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "Protocol" "auto-dev"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
>  >>  >>  >>  EndSection
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  Section "Monitor"
>  >>  >>  >>         Identifier   "PANEL"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "VendorName" "IBM"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "ModelName" "T60p Panel"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "DPMS" "true"
>  >>  >>  >>  EndSection
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  Section "Monitor"
>  >>  >>  >>         Identifier   "VGA_1"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "VendorName" "DGM"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "ModelName" "LCD Panel"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "DPMS" "true"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "RightOf" "PANEL"
>  >>  >>  >>  EndSection
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  Section "Device"
>  >>  >>  >>         Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
>  >>  >>  >>         Driver      "radeonhd"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "monitor-VGA_1"     "VGA_1"
>  >>  >>  >>         Option      "monitor-PANEL"     "PANEL"
>  >>  >>  >>  EndSection
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  Section "Screen"
>  >>  >>  >>         Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
>  >>  >>  >>         Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]"
>  >>  >>  >>         Monitor    "PANEL"
>  >>  >>  >>         DefaultDepth     24
>  >>  >>  >>         SubSection "Display"
>  >>  >>  >>                 Virtual 3500  1800
>  >>  >>  >>                 Depth     24
>  >>  >>  >>         EndSubSection
>  >>  >>  >>  EndSection
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>  #Section "Extensions"
>  >>  >>  >>  #       Option      "Composite" "0"
>  >>  >>  >>  #EndSection
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  >>
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