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30 Dec 2018 23:18:15 +0100 Received: from kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org (kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org [127.0.0.1]) by kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id wBUMIEWL006438; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 23:18:14 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from tijl@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 23:18:14 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VMSzbA==?= Coosemans To: Andrea Venturoli Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Radeon HD 4250: screen going blank every few seconds Message-ID: <20181230231814.4bf4cbff@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> In-Reply-To: <20181230224607.1feb9cad@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> References: <4560f9e2-efcf-a1f5-728c-c26fcec34353@netfence.it> <20181230224607.1feb9cad@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: E97E170363 X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.98 / 15.00]; local_wl_from(0.00)[freebsd.org]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.98)[-0.977,0]; ASN(0.00)[asn:5432, ipnet:195.238.0.0/19, country:BE] X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 22:18:17 -0000 On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 22:46:07 +0100 T=C4=B3l Coosemans wr= ote: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 20:29:49 +0100 Andrea Venturoli wrot= e: >> I've got a desktop which used a Radeon HD 4200 with no troubles: I was=20 >> using a 1920x1200 monitor on the DVI port and occasionally a second one= =20 >> on the VGA port; this system had no HDMI port. >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> Now I changed mainboard with an Asus M5A88-V Evo (latest BIOS=20 >> installed), which features a Radeon HD 4250 and I'm getting some trouble= s. >>=20 >> Focusing only on one monitor, it works fine if connected to the VGA=20 >> port, but I'd like to avoid this setup because: >> a) begin analogic, it shows some background noise; >> b) it won't allow me to use the second monitor. >>=20 >> So I'd like to use either the HDMI or the DVI port, but in this case: >> _ the system start fine and is stable as long as BIOS resolution is used; >> _ as soon as I "service kld start" and the resolution switchs to=20 >> 1920x1200 the screen starts flickering: every 1-2 seconds the image goes= =20 >> black (the monitor displaying "DVI Input" or "HDMI Input" as if a new=20 >> signal was detected) and gets back to normal in another 1-2 seconds; >> _ once XOrg is up and running the problem does NOT disappear. >>=20 >> As I suspected an hardware problem, I tried booting Knoppix: initially I= =20 >> get the same behaviour (works fine, then starts flickering once the=20 >> resolution is increased); however, after XOrg is running the problem sto= ps. >> So, either it isn't an hardware problem or there is a workaround. >>=20 >> Also worth mentioning: >> _ if I decrease the resolution to 1920x1080 everything is ok, of course= =20 >> apart seeing two black areas on the top and bottom of my screen :( >> _ while keeping full resolution, attaching the second monitor on the VGA= =20 >> port *and enabling it* will reduce the flickering from every 1-2 seconds= =20 >> to every 5-10 seconds. >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> So I'm asking for some help, since either using the VGA port or=20 >> decreasing the resolution is not a workaround I'm eager to adopt; is=20 >> there anything that can be done? Some sysctl? Some BIOS settings? Some=20 >> xorg.conf tweak? Some update to test? >>=20 >> I tried and searched if this was a known (or at least previously seen)=20 >> problem, but came up empty. >> Even some pointer to documentation/knowledge base would help... =20 >=20 > Try running "sysctl compat.linuxkpi.hw_i2c=3D0". This seems to be a loader tunable so you'll have to add compat.linuxkpi.hw_i2c=3D0 to /boot/loader.conf and reboot.