[ltp] Re: Re: Re: Does the new ATI 8-2 Proprietary Driver work?

[Brad Langhorst]

On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 11:53 +0100, Henry Ritzlmayr wrote:
> Am Montag, den 18.02.2008, 14:53 -0500 schrieb Brad Langhorst:
> > On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 09:05 +0100, Henry Ritzlmayr wrote:
> >  ...=20
> > >=20
> > > since your my all includes fast switching between VTs and X, have you
> > > solved the problem, that after a suspend/resume cycle the Vts stay
> > > blank?=20
> > >=20
> > > I=C2=B4m thinking of giving 8.2 a shot the next days because of this.=
 I don=C2=B4t
> > > care about 3D either but reliable VTs after a suspend/resume are
> > > important to me.
> > >=20
> > > cheers
> > > Henry
> > Hi Henry:
> >=20
> > I did notice a problem once or twice that my vt would remain blank...
> > It does not always happen for me after a suspend/resume cycle with my
> > current software.
> >=20
> > I'm using the ati driver from git, maybe you're using the radeonhd
> > driver?
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > brad
> >=20
> Hi Brad,
>=20
> I tried both (both from git). The radeonhd driver only gives me a blank
> screen on the vts after a suspend/resume cycle. The ati driver is even
> worse (for me). If I switch to a vt after suspend/resume I get a blank
> screen and can not even switch back to X afterwards. Ssh-ing to the
> machine and issuing a reboot is my only option (a hard reset would be
> too) to get back to a usable system.=20
>=20
> Could you share your xorg.conf and your kernel boot options (maybe I am
> missing something in my config).


here's an excerpt from my Xorg.log file that shoudl give you the version
information.

(II) ATI: ATI driver wrapper (version 6.7.197) for chipsets: mach64,
rage128, radeon
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(II) Loading sub module "radeon"
(II) LoadModule: "radeon"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//radeon_drv.so
(II) Module radeon: vendor=3D"X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version =3D 4.3.0
        Module class: X.Org Video Driver
        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0

no special options of my kernel command line
title		Ubuntu hardy (development branch), kernel 2.6.24-8-generic
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.24-8-generic root=3D/dev/mapper/all-root ro quiet
splash
initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.24-8-generic
quiet


plain vanilla xorg.conf

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "ShadowFB"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultRefresh"            # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ModeSetClearScreen"        # [<bool>]
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "ati"
        VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
        BoardName   "M56GL [Mobility FireGL V5200]"
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection


I hope that helps you.

brad