RadeonHD on Thinkpad T60/X1400

[diverse_izzue]

I just made my first attempt to use the RadeonHD driver on my Thinkpad. It failed :-) Failed in that X starts without complaining but then I see lots of green and red pixels on black ground instead of GDM.

But maybe somebody can help me figure out what's wrong? I will attach my Xorg.log and xorg.conf.

Get the files here: http://www.nbi.dk/~hunziker/xorg-files.tar.bz2

[lmunch]

I just tried it on my T60/X1400 and it also fails. I just get a black screen.

[Zhenech]

Works for me on Z61m/X1400.
Have you guys removed the Monitor-Section from your xorg.conf? If not, please do so, as it prevents RadeonHD from finding the correct modes for the panel (it's a feature, erm, bug )

[lmunch]

Thanks for the tip. I got it working!

[CheetoPet]

Well, it does indeed work now, but the DPI is all messed up & my text is tiny. And without the monitor section there no where to place your DisplaySize option.

Suggestions?

[Kano]

When you use KDM you could use:

ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp -dpi your-override

in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc - position can be different for other distributions.

[korpenkraxar]

Originally Posted by Zhenech

Works for me on Z61m/X1400.

Wow! That sounds fantastic! I also have a Z61m. Can you or someone else running RadeonHD on a Thinkpad please elaborate a bit on what actually works at this point?

Can you play video smoothly?
Can you suspend/resume your laptop without the driver killing it?
Can you use an external monitor over the VGA interface?

That is, apart from 3D, can I ditch fglrx and its warts and get nice 2D with RadeonHD already?

[CheetoPet]

Originally Posted by Kano

When you use KDM you could use:

ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp -dpi your-override

in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc - position can be different for other distributions.

Yeah that did it. Well, I added it to my startx script, but yeah. Seems every distribution and desktop env puts their dpi configuration in a different place.

[pigah]

I can get mine to run at 1680x1050 on an external monitor. Does anyone have any hints?

[Gottxxc]

I've removed the monitor-section of my xorg.conf but now the glxinfo shows this:

$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe,
GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_ARB_multisample,
GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float, GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.1)
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x24 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 None
0x25 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x26 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x27 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x28 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 None
0x29 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2a 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None

So you see that the mesa driver has been loaded. Why isn't the radeonhd driver loaded?

Please help