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ringing
06-11-2009, 12:13 AM
Hi,
I installed latest 'radeon' open sourced driver, changed in xorg.conf 'vesa' to 'radeon' (nothing more is changed in .conf file) and restarted X.
After it i can only see login window, and mouse pointer always swirling, rounding. And i can't enter anything there. Even if i enter, i can't see what i'm entering and can hear login sounds.
And all the time i see only the login window...
I'm on Fujitsi Siemens 1546 (17'' screen), video card ATI Mobility Radeon X1800, Ubuntu 9.04.
Does anyone know what to do about it?
The default driver is relatively old, best update it.
ringing
06-11-2009, 05:02 AM
The default driver is relatively old, best update it.
Thanks for answering! Do you mean the default 'vesa' driver?
No the radeon driver. I have got iso images with much newer radeon(hd) drivers + 2.6.30 kernel, which even allows you to use fglrx if you want to try. But those are Debian 5.0 and not U 9.04 based.
ringing
06-11-2009, 05:16 AM
Hey, that sounds like a great idea! i'm mostly a new comer to Unix world, and feel really curious about it all.
how can i get your files? have a link or something? i owe you a vodka :)
tormod
06-11-2009, 07:47 AM
In Ubuntu 9.04 the default (and supported) driver for this card is the ati/radeon driver. So please try without any xorg.conf. If that does not work, please file a bug using "ubuntu-bug xserver-xorg-video-ati". If you want to try out newer test versions, see https://launchpad.net/~tormodvolden/+archive/ppa
Well you still can not install fglrx with U 9.04.
tormod
06-11-2009, 02:44 PM
Well you still can not install fglrx with U 9.04.
We here at the "Open-Source AMD/ATI Linux" forum do not care XXXX about fglrx, don't we :) The official support for this card from ATI is now through the open-source drivers AFAIK.
bridgman
06-11-2009, 04:57 PM
The official support for this card from ATI is now through the open-source drivers AFAIK.
In the open source forum, definitely. In the fglrx forum, not so much :D
ringing
06-12-2009, 03:43 PM
Heh, sometimes it's a bit tough to find answers.
I tried without any xorg.conf, simply removed it, and still not working.
My only quess is that i need to tune my xorg.conf to get it working with 'radeon', and the only problem so far is that i can't get hsync/vsync values for my monitor. Just looks like Ubuntu recognizes driver and video card, but doesn't want to recognize the monitor itself. sounds strange... and i'm still fighting with it because really don't want to get back to Windows
agd5f
06-12-2009, 03:59 PM
Heh, sometimes it's a bit tough to find answers.
I tried without any xorg.conf, simply removed it, and still not working.
My only quess is that i need to tune my xorg.conf to get it working with 'radeon', and the only problem so far is that i can't get hsync/vsync values for my monitor. Just looks like Ubuntu recognizes driver and video card, but doesn't want to recognize the monitor itself. sounds strange... and i'm still fighting with it because really don't want to get back to Windows
I don' think it's the monitor. Someone else reported a similar bug a while back with an x1800. In that case it was an issue of the blitter not working for some reason. Does
Option "NoAccel" "TRUE"
fix it?
ringing
06-12-2009, 04:08 PM
AGD5F - thank you so much!
Now i have my native display resolution with 'radeon' driver!! My eyes want to drink champaign :)
Now there are some more problems like all's slow and sometimes flickering - but now it's easier for me to look for solutions with a correct resolution :)
agd5f
06-12-2009, 04:12 PM
You could try with MMIO-only accel. Replace the NoAccel option with:
Option "DRI" "False"
ringing
06-12-2009, 04:19 PM
Thanks so much for helping me!
Option "DRI" "False" got me back to login screen without any ability to login. I got back now to "NoAccel".
By the way, with noaccel = true there's such a line in xorg.0.log:
(WW) RADEON(0): [dri] Acceleration disabled, not initializing the DRI
So option noaccel is doing the same, not initializing the DRI?
agd5f
06-12-2009, 04:34 PM
Thanks so much for helping me!
Option "DRI" "False" got me back to login screen without any ability to login. I got back now to "NoAccel".
In that case it is the blitter bug. Unfortunately, I don't know of a solution for that right now.
By the way, with noaccel = true there's such a line in xorg.0.log:
(WW) RADEON(0): [dri] Acceleration disabled, not initializing the DRI
So option noaccel is doing the same, not initializing the DRI?
NoAccel disables all acceleration. Disabling the DRI only disables the use of the drm for command submission. When the DRI is disabled, accel is still done via direct access to MMIO registers, however, it's less efficient and doesn't support 3D.
ringing
06-12-2009, 04:39 PM
In that case it is the blitter bug. Unfortunately, I don't know of a solution for that right now.
Sad to hear that it's the blitter bug, hopefully one day it'll be handled or i'll find a way.
This is what i like open source communities - you are helped by free people. Thanks again for your try!
ringing
06-16-2009, 04:23 PM
I tried with 'radeonHD' driver. And still the same problem: can see the login window but can't login.
Here's the xorg.0.log file in this case (can't install the complete file here):
(II) RADEONHD: version 1.2.5, built from git branch master, commit 8a3fa92b
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output DVI-I_1/analog using monitor section Configured Monitor
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output DVI-I_1/analog has no monitor section
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output DVI-I_1/digital has no monitor section
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output PANEL has no monitor section
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output TV_SVIDEO has no monitor section
(II) RADEONHD(0): EDID for output DVI-I_1/analog
(II) RADEONHD(0): EDID for output DVI-I_1/digital
(II) RADEONHD(0): Query for AtomBIOS Get Panel EDID: failed
(II) RADEONHD(0): Found native mode: Modeline "1440x900" 96.30 1440 1504 1536 1760 900 903 906 912
(II) RADEONHD(0): EDID for output PANEL
(WW) RADEONHD(0): No monitor size info, assuming 96dpi.
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "320x200" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "360x200" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (doublescan mode not supported)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (doublescan mode not supported)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (doublescan mode not supported)
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: xkb_rules: "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: xkb_model: "pc105"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: xkb_layout: "us"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Macintosh mouse button emulation
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: always reports core events
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Configuring as mouse
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Macintosh mouse button emulation" (type: MOUSE)
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Video Bus
(**) Video Bus: always reports core events
(**) Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event7"
(II) Video Bus: Found keys
(II) Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Video Bus: xkb_rules: "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
(**) Video Bus: xkb_model: "pc105"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(**) Video Bus: xkb_layout: "us"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Genius Optical Mouse
(**) Genius Optical Mouse: always reports core events
(**) Genius Optical Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event6"
(II) Genius Optical Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) Genius Optical Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Genius Optical Mouse: Configuring as mouse
(**) Genius Optical Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Genius Optical Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Genius Optical Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(**) Genius Optical Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Genius Optical Mouse: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) Genius Optical Mouse: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) Genius Optical Mouse: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) config/hal: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//synaptics_drv.so
(II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 0.99.3
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.99.3
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event8"
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: x-axis range 1472 - 5472
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: y-axis range 1408 - 4448
(WW) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: priv->synpara->movement_bottom_edge NOT AVAILABLE.
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: pressure range 0 - 255
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: finger width range 0 - 0
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: buttons: left right middle double triple
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad touchpad found
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD)
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad touchpad found
(II) RADEONHD(0): EDID for output DVI-I_1/analog
(II) RADEONHD(0): EDID for output DVI-I_1/digital
(II) RADEONHD(0): Query for AtomBIOS Get Panel EDID: failed
(II) RADEONHD(0): Found native mode: Modeline "1440x900" 96.30 1440 1504 1536 1760 900 903 906 912
(II) RADEONHD(0): EDID for output PANEL
(WW) RADEONHD(0): No monitor size info, assuming 96dpi.
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "320x200" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "360x200" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (doublescan mode not supported)
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