[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-16 Thread bugzilla-dae...@freedesktop.org
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 --- Comment #10 from Alexandre Demers 2011-12-16 06:51:47 PST --- (In reply to comment #9) > (In reply to comment #8) > > I suspect a bad interaction between Grub and the rest of the initialization > > process. Does my suspicion make sense? > >

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-16 Thread bugzilla-dae...@freedesktop.org
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 --- Comment #9 from Michel D?nzer 2011-12-16 01:38:38 PST --- (In reply to comment #8) > I suspect a bad interaction between Grub and the rest of the initialization > process. Does my suspicion make sense? Quite possibly. Can you test your hypo

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-16 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 --- Comment #10 from Alexandre Demers 2011-12-16 06:51:47 PST --- (In reply to comment #9) > (In reply to comment #8) > > I suspect a bad interaction between Grub and the rest of the initialization > > process. Does my suspicion make sense? > >

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-16 Thread bugzilla-dae...@freedesktop.org
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 --- Comment #8 from Alexandre Demers 2011-12-15 17:50:38 PST --- I think I've found a hint. Here's the thing: Whatever kernel version is the first entry in my Grub's list, the problem will appear. If I select a different kernel manually or if I

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-16 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 --- Comment #9 from Michel Dänzer 2011-12-16 01:38:38 PST --- (In reply to comment #8) > I suspect a bad interaction between Grub and the rest of the initialization > process. Does my suspicion make sense? Quite possibly. Can you test your hypo

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-16 Thread bugzilla-dae...@freedesktop.org
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 Alexandre Demers changed: What|Removed |Added Status|RESOLVED|REOPENED Resolution|INVALID

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-15 Thread bugzilla-dae...@freedesktop.org
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 Alexandre Demers changed: What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution|

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-15 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 --- Comment #8 from Alexandre Demers 2011-12-15 17:50:38 PST --- I think I've found a hint. Here's the thing: Whatever kernel version is the first entry in my Grub's list, the problem will appear. If I select a different kernel manually or if I

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-15 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 Alexandre Demers changed: What|Removed |Added Status|RESOLVED|REOPENED Resolution|INVALID

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-15 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 Alexandre Demers changed: What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution|

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-15 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 --- Comment #5 from Michel Dänzer 2011-12-15 10:18:01 UTC --- It sounds like the problem may happen or not with a certain probability with any given kernel. You should probably test each kernel a certain number of times before declaring it as go

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-15 Thread bugzilla-dae...@freedesktop.org
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 --- Comment #5 from Michel D?nzer 2011-12-15 10:18:01 UTC --- It sounds like the problem may happen or not with a certain probability with any given kernel. You should probably test each kernel a certain number of times before declaring it as go

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-14 Thread bugzilla-dae...@freedesktop.org
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 --- Comment #4 from Alexandre Demers 2011-12-13 17:48:47 PST --- Strangely, when rebisecting, I found commit a34815b96f9a21b3a2e2912dfd0d994acd2855e3 to be the bad one... It is really near to the first one. So, I'm retesting both to be sure. --

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-13 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 --- Comment #4 from Alexandre Demers 2011-12-13 17:48:47 PST --- Strangely, when rebisecting, I found commit a34815b96f9a21b3a2e2912dfd0d994acd2855e3 to be the bad one... It is really near to the first one. So, I'm retesting both to be sure. --

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-12 Thread bugzilla-dae...@freedesktop.org
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 --- Comment #3 from Alexandre Demers 2011-12-12 01:03:23 PST --- OK, so after testing first all RCs, I narrowed the problem between RC3 and RC4. So, bisecting gave me the following culprit: commit 9b5a4d4f65e260a109eaeea8bbc8062a7c58b55e Merge:

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-12 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 --- Comment #3 from Alexandre Demers 2011-12-12 01:03:23 PST --- OK, so after testing first all RCs, I narrowed the problem between RC3 and RC4. So, bisecting gave me the following culprit: commit 9b5a4d4f65e260a109eaeea8bbc8062a7c58b55e Merge:

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-11 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 --- Comment #2 from Alexandre Demers 2011-12-11 09:00:57 UTC --- More info about this bug: I have both kernel 3.1.0 and 3.2.0-rc4 installed right now (compiled from kernel.org). I had 3.2.0-rc3 installed, before moving to rc4 to test if the bug

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-11 Thread bugzilla-dae...@freedesktop.org
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 --- Comment #2 from Alexandre Demers 2011-12-11 09:00:57 UTC --- More info about this bug: I have both kernel 3.1.0 and 3.2.0-rc4 installed right now (compiled from kernel.org). I had 3.2.0-rc3 installed, before moving to rc4 to test if the bug

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-09 Thread bugzilla-dae...@freedesktop.org
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 --- Comment #1 from Alex Deucher 2011-12-09 06:00:10 PST --- Can you bisect? Did you update any other components (mesa, xf86-video-ati) or just the kernel? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email --- You

[Bug 43655] Latest radeon dri driver on HD6950 with kernel 3.2 flickers

2011-12-09 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43655 --- Comment #1 from Alex Deucher 2011-12-09 06:00:10 PST --- Can you bisect? Did you update any other components (mesa, xf86-video-ati) or just the kernel? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email --- You