Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757053Ab0GFD16 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jul 2010 23:27:58 -0400 Received: from mail-pw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:59738 "EHLO mail-pw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755492Ab0GFD15 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jul 2010 23:27:57 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=DDWfSPsAV5X3mdUFhnstyYsWuOZ/2BiXK4vEu0gh8gKrLBwOAyTvONwym/7tVTosjg Uh7WVmWwhDtJXRcx7PsdE8VuoF7CQEF3uoIb8nZDZm8E9TI78SymBLzCrCu38NPa7HLO cVOpXEguQI9hpKFIVuC3ujMDhujTnBlnBQaq8= Message-ID: <4C32A2DF.4010500@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:28:31 -0700 From: "Justin P. Mattock" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100615 Lightning/1.0b2pre Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Xiaotian Feng CC: Marvin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xorg-driver-ati@lists.x.org Subject: Re: Radeon KMS doesn't work. References: <20100703221056.GA17817@animx.eu.org> <20100704231926.GA1780@animx.eu.org> <201007051927.17001.marvin24@gmx.de> <4C3221FA.6070507@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3411 Lines: 94 On 07/05/2010 07:34 PM, Xiaotian Feng wrote: > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 2:18 AM, Justin P. Mattock > wrote: >> On 07/05/2010 10:27 AM, Marvin wrote: >>> >>> Hi Wakko, >>> >>> as nobody seems to have answered yet, I think it's better that you file a >>> bug >>> against the radeon driver (bugs.freedesktop.org, one bug for each defect). >>> There may be similar bugs already, so please check this also. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Marvin >>> >>> Am Montag 05 Juli 2010, 01:19:26 schrieb Wakko Warner: >>>> >>>> Wakko Warner wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have a Dell Inspiron 5100 with an ATI Radeon Mobility M7 (7500 R100 >>>>> PCI ID 1002:4c57 sub 1028:0149). >>>>> >>>>> Immediately when radeon.ko is loaded, the screen goes blank (The >>>>> backlight stays on). I have fbcon compiled into the kernel (I also >>>>> tried as module). I am unable to get the screen to work again until I >>>>> reboot. The logs did not appear to have any errors after the module >>>>> loaded. The system was still responsive on the network. >>>>> >>>>> I tried kernels 2.6.33 and 2.6.34. >>>>> >>>>> I can provide kernel output if needed. >>>> >>>> I need to add that if I use modeset=0, the screen does not blank. >>>> >>>> Also 2.6.34 (with modeset=0) doesn't do 3D very well on this system. >>>> Some >>>> objects look ok, some are garbled, some do not appear at all. The gears >>>> from xscreensaver does not show up at all. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/ >>> >> >> >> I've hit a couple of things with radeon as well.. the first was this: >> http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/6/6/172 >> (if your hitting this issue, then the patch should work and/or it should >> already be in the main tree). >> >> then a few days ago hit another: >> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16335 >> (keep in mind still uncertain on a fix for this, reverting the commit gets >> me up and running(I created a patch, but an umsure if it's a right >> solution)). > > I think this is the same cases with (http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/7/5/44) > And the fix for this bug is in -tip tree, commit 2463eb8 > > Could you please try following patch? > http://git.kernel.org/tip/2463eb8b3093995e09a0d41b3d78ee0cf5fb4249 > applied.. o.k. system started without hitting the crash I was experiencing!! Thanks for this.. I'll run this and let you know if I experience anything out of the ordinary.. >> >> if none of these are what your hitting, then maybe(if you can) do a bisect >> on this! >> >> Justin P. Mattock >> -- >> 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/ >> > Tested-By: Justin P. Mattock I'll send this info over to the bug report so they know..and if things go good get this thing closed.. Justin P. Mattock -- 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/