-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 26/04/11 20:39, Alex Deucher wrote: > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:56 AM, Andrew Rule <a.r...@freeuk.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I also have this problem. It appeared for me when I upgraded from Xorg > 1.7.x to Xorg 1.9.5 > > I am using > "ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 (M9+) 5C63 (AGP)" (ChipID = 0x5c63) > as X reports it, and > Linux amos 2.6.38.3 #2 SMP PREEMPT Sat Apr 16 22:03:19 BST 2011 i686 > GNU/Linux > from kernel.org > > I tried setting Gamma in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but it didn't pick it up. > If I run xgamma after logging in to X, it *does* change the gamma - but > still not enough. So I can set Gamma to 0.3 in the file, but if I set > it using xgamma, it actually darkens the screen somewhat - but it is > still not right. Output from xgamma: > -> Red 0.300, Green 0.300, Blue 0.300 > <- Red 0.300, Green 0.300, Blue 0.300 > > >> It's not the gamma, but the dac adj values. > > > I tried > radeontool regset DAC_MACRO_CNTL 0x00000808 > but it didn't work for me. (Perhaps that is not a surprise, I am using > a tower PC, not a laptop.) > >> You are probably using the secondary dac. The dac adjust values for >> the TV dac are in >> TV_DAC_CNTL. > > > Perhaps I should not mention this here, but X is also unstable for me > under KDE now, so I'm using sawfish for the time being. Specifically, > it crashes when notifications popup in KDE. > > Another problem I have noticed is that when scrolling a window under > another window, the contents of the lower window smudges. O, and popup > hints from firefox come up in the wrong place for the search box. > > And, as you can see from the attached files, I am not using KMS - > because I found that unstable since upgrading the kernel from 2.6.36.1 > to 2.6.38.x (although previously the virtual terminals had not worked at > all, and now they do occasionally; but it was stable under X, now it is > not.) > >> What is unstable with KMS? KMS is more likely to be fixed that UMS at >> this point. If you want to fix UMS, you'll probably have to bisect >> xf86-video-ati to find out what change caused the breakage. Your time >> would be better off spend bisecting to see what caused the instability >> with KMS. > >> Alex
So your saying that this problem with the dac adj values is totally dependant on whether I'm using KMS or UMS? And I should research further and report it as another bug? Or try Xorg 1.9.5 using KMS and report any bugs that happen with them? > > > Please ask further questions if you need. I'm gonna try downgradeing X, > cos I'd like to have a screen I can look at pictures on :-) > > Sincerely, > > Andrew Rule > > PS please tell me if I should open a new bug for some of this, I wasn't > sure. But the gamma stuff seemed so similar I thought it might be the > same bug. > > PPS: package versions: > firmware-linux/testing uptodate 0.29 > libc6/testing uptodate 2.11.2-11 > libdrm-radeon1/testing upgradeable from 2.4.23-3 to 2.4.24-2 > libdrm2/testing upgradeable from 2.4.23-3 to 2.4.24-2 > libpciaccess0/testing uptodate 0.12.1-1 > libpixman-1-0/testing uptodate 0.21.4-2 > libudev0/testing upgradeable from 166-1 to 167-3 > xserver-xorg-core/testing uptodate 2:1.9.5-1 > xserver-xorg-video-radeon/testing uptodate 1:6.14.1-1 > > I upgraded to: > firmware-linux/testing uptodate 0.29 > libc6/testing uptodate 2.11.2-11 > libdrm-radeon1/testing uptodate 2.4.24-2 > libdrm2/testing uptodate 2.4.24-2 > libpciaccess0/testing uptodate 0.12.1-1 > libpixman-1-0/testing uptodate 0.21.4-2 > libudev0/testing upgradeable from 166-1 to 167-3 > xserver-xorg-core/testing uptodate 2:1.9.5-1 > xserver-xorg-video-radeon/testing uptodate 1:6.14.1-1 > > with no obvious change, certainly not to the gamma issue. >> _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list xorg-driver-...@lists.x.org http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk23LgwACgkQAXpg5UuOD0XQuwCg0mkLClLtR+UT9972+2853He9 WysAn3t87LNY02xCgB+rc26gggccn0jy =1R4y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4db72e0d.8020...@freeuk.com
