Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261985AbVBPKIO (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Feb 2005 05:08:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261989AbVBPKIN (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Feb 2005 05:08:13 -0500 Received: from viking.sophos.com ([194.203.134.132]:47627 "EHLO viking.sophos.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261985AbVBPKIG (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Feb 2005 05:08:06 -0500 To: Matt Mackall Cc: adaplas@pol.net, benh@kernel.crashing.org, linux-kernel Subject: Re: Radeon FB troubles with recent kernels MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.12 February 13, 2003 Message-ID: From: tvrtko.ursulin@sophos.com Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 10:08:02 +0000 X-MIMETrack: S/MIME Sign by Notes Client on Tvrtko Ursulin/Dev/UK/Sophos(Release 5.0.12 |February 13, 2003) at 16/02/2005 10:08:04, Serialize by Notes Client on Tvrtko Ursulin/Dev/UK/Sophos(Release 5.0.12 |February 13, 2003) at 16/02/2005 10:08:04, Serialize complete at 16/02/2005 10:08:04, S/MIME Sign failed at 16/02/2005 10:08:04: The cryptographic key was not found, Serialize by Router on Mercury/Servers/Sophos(Release 6.5.2|June 01, 2004) at 16/02/2005 10:08:05, Serialize complete at 16/02/2005 10:08:05 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1158 Lines: 31 On 14/02/2005 20:39:02 linux-kernel-owner wrote: >On my Thinkpad T30 with a Radeon Mobility M7 LW, I get interesting >console video corruption if I start GDM, switch back to text mode, >then stop it again. X is Xfree86 from Debian/unstable or X.org 6.8.2. > >The corruption shows up whenever the console scrolls after X has been >shut down and manifests as horizontal lines spaced about 4 pixel rows >apart containing contents recognizable as the X display. Switch from >vt1 to vt2 and back or visual bell clears things back to normal, but >corruption will reappear on the next scroll. > >This has appeared in at least 2.6.11-rc3-mm2 and rc4. Same problem here (same chip) for a long long time (at least 2.6.6) so I don't think it appeared with latest changes. -- Tvrtko August Ursulin Software Engineer, Sophos Tel: 01235 559933 Web: www.sophos.com Sophos - protecting businesses against viruses and spam - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/