From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 20 00:14:11 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE1E116A417 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:14:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@pingle.org) Received: from willow.pingle.org (willow.pingle.org [208.149.144.13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B49D113C467 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:14:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@pingle.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by willow.pingle.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDD4611498 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:14:10 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at pingle.org Received: from willow.pingle.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (willow.pingle.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id PtW7MY8tXF44 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:14:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (josie.pingle.org [209.125.59.4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jim) by willow.pingle.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2395411496 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:14:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <46F1BB3E.4020103@pingle.org> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:13:50 -0400 From: Jim Pingle User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org References: <46EE9595.3010903@pingle.org> In-Reply-To: <46EE9595.3010903@pingle.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: xorg 7.3 radeon problems/solution? [was Re: 7.2->7.3 xorg hangs (ati/radeon, AGPFastWrite)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:14:12 -0000 Jim Pingle wrote: >> The 7.2->7.3 update was not as painless as expected... > > I've had a similar bad experience... The ATI and Radeon drivers (from the > xf86-video-ati-6.7.192 port) are unusable on my rv350 (Radeon 9600 Pro). > They produce very bad ghosting effects on various colors that bleed all over > the place. If I switch to the VESA driver, it shows up clear, but with > reduced resolution and performance. I hate to reply to myself but I did try one more thing that worked. My Radeon 9600 Pro has a VGA port, a DVI port, and an S-Video port. I had been using the card on an analog CRT but it was plugged into the DVI port using a DVI->VGA adapter. I don't remember why I did this originally, but it had been working. I moved the monitor to the VGA port, rebooted, and ALL of the problems went away. No color ghosting/bleeding, no large fonts, and glxgears is getting ~1500fps. There were several posts stating that problems came and went when various connectors were used (or not used). It appears the current driver has some (connectortable?) issues. Now to try compiz again after backing out all the changes... Jim