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Date:      Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:19:08 +1000
From:      Alex <alex@mailinglist.ahhyes.net>
To:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Radeon DRIVER
Message-ID:  <49D83F4C.8010205@mailinglist.ahhyes.net>
In-Reply-To: <1237511562.1777.200.camel@balrog.2hip.net>
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Hi Robert,

Have csup'd, rebuilt world and also rebuilt the radeonhd driver from git 
just a moment ago, and still have the same issues.

Any ideas?

Alex.

Robert Noland wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 11:37 +1100, Alex wrote:
>   
>> Hi Robert,
>>
>> Sorry to be a pest, I realize you have plenty of other issues to contend 
>> with atm, just wondering whether you have some ideas on what may be 
>> causing the issue I am experiencing when enabling DRI? I have disabled 
>> DRI for the time being because of the trailing mess that gets left 
>> behind on the screen when I drag windows on the screen.
>>
>> have there been any updates to the DRM code?
>>     
>
> Several actually... I don't know specifically if they might address your
> issue.  I was trying to look at a radeon "garbled screen" issue today
> that might be relevant...
>
> I am running on an x1650 right now, without issue though... So I don't
> know why the issue only effects some chips...
>
> robert.
>
>   
>> Alex wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Robert,
>>>
>>> I am using the Radeonhd Driver from git. DRI wouldn't even work at all 
>>> until I used the git driver.
>>>
>>> The driver from git was obtained on the 12th March
>>>
>>> Robert Noland wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Sun, 2009-03-15 at 06:55 +1100, Alex wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi Robert,
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions on this? The problems occur as soon as I enable DRI. 
>>>>> xv is working, however I have the issue(s) below:
>>>>>     
>>>>>           
>>>> Which driver are you using and what version?  I still suggest radeonhd
>>>> from git... I did also commit an updated xf86-video-ati yesterday, that
>>>> is supposed to have support in it... You might try that.
>>>>
>>>> robert.
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>         
>>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>>> Subject:     Re: Radeon DRIVER
>>>>> Date:     Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:51:15 +1100
>>>>> From:     Alex <alex@mailinglist.ahhyes.net>
>>>>> To:     freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
>>>>> References:     <20090305161651.GB1369@lobo.ewinter.org> 
>>>>> <1236275215.1384.50.camel@widget.2hip.net> 
>>>>> <20090305180523.GA2039@lobo.ewinter.org> 
>>>>> <20090306133119.1af6894c@ernst.jennejohn.org> 
>>>>> <1236363408.55221.16.camel@balrog.2hip.net> 
>>>>> <20090306203055.582faa02@ernst.jennejohn.org> 
>>>>> <1236371734.1671.5.camel@balrog.2hip.net> 
>>>>> <49B3D755.2050308@phat.za.net> 
>>>>> <1236536316.1778.22.camel@balrog.2hip.net> 
>>>>> <49B42548.3000308@phat.za.net> <49B57ACD.5030405@phat.za.net> 
>>>>> <1236741375.2091.32.camel@balrog.2hip.net> 
>>>>> <49B72FEC.2090909@mailinglist.ahhyes.net> 
>>>>> <1236746127.2091.33.camel@balrog.2hip.net> 
>>>>> <49B7600A.50204@mailinglist.ahhyes.net> 
>>>>> <49B76134.5050501@mailinglist.ahhyes.net> 
>>>>> <49B76330.60703@mailinglist.ahhyes.net> 
>>>>> <1236761094.1697.5.camel@balrog.2hip.net> 
>>>>> <49B7AEE7.4060704@mailinglist.ahhyes.net> 
>>>>> <1236796811.1679.9.camel@balrog.2hip.net> 
>>>>> <49B815BF.30704@mailinglist.ahhyes.net> 
>>>>> <49B83174.3080002@phat.za.net> 
>>>>> <49B8709A.20809@mailinglist.ahhyes.net> 
>>>>> <49B871CC.1070600@mailinglist.ahhyes! .net>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have some weird things going on now...
>>>>>
>>>>> Sometimes when I drag a window, a copy of the window is left behind 
>>>>> in the previous position (background is not restored), refer to this 
>>>>> screenshot:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://ahhyes.net/gfxweird.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> I have mozilla firefox open. I have dragged the window down but 
>>>>> there is still image data at the top where the image previously was. 
>>>>> If I close the application both images are cleared and everything 
>>>>> appears normal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Similar things happen in a terminal window as well. If i issue the 
>>>>> "clear" command to clear the window contents, part of the window are 
>>>>> cleared but there are still characters here and there from the 
>>>>> previous screen content.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex wrote:
>>>>>    
>>>>>           
>>>>>> IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks to everyone that helped!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alex wrote:
>>>>>>      
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> Aragon Gouveia wrote:
>>>>>>>        
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>> Alex wrote:
>>>>>>>>          
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>>> Have all the above already. Build is broken.
>>>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>> After just getting DRI working on my RV620, I might suggest using 
>>>>>>>> the x11-drivers/xf86-video-radeonhd-devel port instead.  Seems to 
>>>>>>>> work well here, and builds without a hitch of course. :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>> Aragon
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>> Thank you! That gave me a vital clue. I looked at the Makefile for 
>>>>>>> that port as I could see that the configure script for the port 
>>>>>>> was finding PCIUTILS fine, but the configure script for the driver 
>>>>>>> in git wasnt. The Makefile defines some variables, and I was able 
>>>>>>> to get the driver to build by doing the following:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [root@desktop ~/xf86-video-radeonhd]# export 
>>>>>>> PCIUTILS_CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include -lpci -lz"
>>>>>>> [root@desktop ~/xf86-video-radeonhd]# export 
>>>>>>> PCIUTILS_LIBS="-L/usr/local/lib"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now to install the driver and test.. I'll get back to the list 
>>>>>>> with the results.
>>>>>>>
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