[ltp] Re: Re: need help with T43p, fglrx display drivers and suspend to ram

[Raanan Manor]

On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 11:02 -0400, Alex Deucher wrote:
> On 8/11/07, Raanan Manor <raanan@opcat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 12:01 +0200,
> > linux-thinkpad-request@linux-thinkpad.org wrote:
> > > On 8/10/07, Raanan Manor <raanan@opcat.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am running Ubuntu on a thinkpad T43p, everything works except the
> > > > suspend to ram and hibernation. I am using the the fglrx drivers
> > > version
> > > > 8.37 and i also tried the new 8.39.
> > > >
> > > > I have spent more then 10 hours trying to make this work, trying
> > > allot
> > > > of xorg.conf options. I really don't want to get back to Windows so
> > > any
> > > > help will be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any info.
> > >
> > > Why not use the open source radeon driver?
> > >
> > > Alex
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > I tried the radeon driver but I could not configure it to enable 3D
> > acceleration or to support two monitors configuration on the LCD -
> > 1600x1200 resolution and one the CRT1 - 1680x1050. Maybe my card is not
> > supported by it.
> 
> 3D should be supported just fine on this card.  what problems were you
> having?  if you tried to mix the radeon driver with fglrx, you might
> have run into problem with left over fglrx libs conflicting with the
> regular xorg versions.  For dualhead, you can use mergedfb with the
> currently released radeon driver, or grab the randr-1.2 branch and you
> will have full output control (turn outputs on/off, switch between
> dual/single head on the fly).
> 
> Alex

I removed the fglrx drivers, installed the radeon and now 3D is working,
AIGLX, compiz-fusion works also. 

The problems i have now with this driver is - 

1) system crash when doing resume from suspend. 
2) I can not configure a dual screen Clone, where one screen is
1600x1200 and the other should be configured auto to it's max resolution
as this is the CRT output which i use with 1680x1050 wide-screen or for
presentations with different projectors. 

the settings i have now (below) cause the resolution to be fixed at
1680x1200. and i need it to be configured auto and correctly by the
attached CRT screen. 

	Identifier  "FireGL V3200"
	Driver      "ati"
	Option      "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
	Option 	    "GARTSize" "64"
	Option 	    "ColorTiling" "1"
	Option 	    "EnablePageFlip" "1"
	Option 	    "AccelMethod" "XAA"
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"

        Option  "MonitorLayout"                 "LCD, CRT"
        Option  "CRT2Position"                  "Clone"
        Option  "MergedFB"                      "true"
        Option  "MetaModes"                     "1600x1200-1680x1050"
	Option "BIOSHotkeys" "on"


Thanks for the info and the great work on this driver. 

Raanan.