[ltp] T22: Xorg 7 and DRI

[Alex Deucher]

On 6/8/06, Daniel Maier <nusse@teamidiot.de> wrote:
> Good morning,
>
> I have recently tried to get working DRI, but failed with a black
> screen which makes a cold boot neccessary, usual reboot does not
> work. Also the Thinkpad beeps on shutdown (it usually never does
> that).
>
> I have the following relecant kernel config options set:
> CONFIG_AGP=y
> CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=y
> CONFIG_DRM=m
> CONFIG_DRM_SAVAGE=y
>
> I am using Xorg 7.0.20 from Debian unstable. When i start the
> xserver with the modules dri and glx enabled, the drm and savage
> modules get loaded. The screen becomes black (backlight stays on).
>
> The screen remains black even i switch to console or try to restart
> the xserver, which fails, because it cant find the device anymore.
> Also unloading the drm and savage modul does not help. I have to
> shutdown and poweroff to get the device back.
>
> Any ideas?

Several options to try:
Option "AGPMode" "2"
Option "DmaMode" "None"
Option "BusType" "PCI"

See the savage man page for more info.

Alex

>
> Regards, nusse.
>
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