On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Andrew Rule <a.r...@freeuk.com> wrote: > -----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?
No. I'm saying UMS is slowly being deprecated, so if you are seeing a problem, KMS is more likely to get fixed. It should work fine with either KMS or UMS, but it has apparently regressed on your card at least with UMS. Alex > >> >> >> 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/banlktin3pemvwxosj7ugkhxgwqr096b...@mail.gmail.com
