Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:39:03 +0900 (JST) From: haro@kgt.co.jp To: rnoland@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Regression with intel driver over i810 driver Message-ID: <20081008.113903.54395542.haro@kgt.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <1223347136.1749.13.camel@wombat.2hip.net> References: <1223269315.1619.81.camel@wombat.2hip.net> <20081007.100210.119716585.haro@kgt.co.jp> <1223347136.1749.13.camel@wombat.2hip.net>
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From: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:38:56 -0400
::On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 10:02 +0900, haro@kgt.co.jp wrote:
::> From: Robert Noland <rnoland at 2hip dot net>
::> Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:01:55 -0400
::> ::On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 12:02 +0900, haro at kgt dot co dot jp wrote:
::> ::> Hi list,
::> ::>
::> ::> I've been using xf86-video-i810 driver, but as its been marked BROKEN,
::> ::> I tried the new xf86-video-intel-2.4.2 to see how it works out.
::> ::>
::> ::> But as the subject suggets, intel driver does not seem to handle the
::> ::> "Virtual 1280 1024" setting in my xorg.conf, that worked fine with i810,
::> ::> and only capable of handling the real 1024x768 for my notebook PC.
::> ::>
::> ::> I've attached the xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log file for i810 and intel
::> ::> drivers.
::> ::>
::> ::> Is there anyway to get things working, as par with i810, for intel
::> ::> driver?
::> ::>
::> ::> One more side note:
::> ::> I have to remove the drm.ko to make my X-Server working, since the
::> ::> DRM updates for -current in August(?) kills my notebook completely,
::> ::> and have to remove the battery and AC-adopter to make it even reboot.
::> ::> IIRC, older DRM from June/July criteria used to work just fine.
::> ::
::> ::I'll try and let someone else address the specifics of the i810 / intel
::> ::driver. As far as drm goes, it should be working reasonably well on
::> ::CURRENT now.
::> ::
::> ::robert.
::>
::> Robert,
::>
::> Thanks for heads up.
::> I updated my -current notebook and tried the newest DRM code and older code
::> from Oct 1st, but both didn't make any difference.
::> Kldloading drm.ko seems fine, but starting X server and boooom it goes. :-(
::>
::> Is there anyway I can test the drm.ko, without using X-server?
::> Also are there any integration mis-matches between drm.ko, libdrm and
::> xf86-video-{intel,i860} that I should care about?
::>
::> Thanks,
::> haro
<Snip>
::> ::> Driver "i810"
::> ::> VendorName "Intel Corporation"
::> ::> BoardName "82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device"
::
::I just noticed that you have one of the 852/5 chips. Try disabling
::tiling for the moment...
::
::robert.
Robert,
Thank you for looking into it.
I still use the i810 driver and it does not seem to support the
"Option Tiling False" setting in xorg.conf file.
So I just set "Option DRI False" to diable the whole thing, for the
time being. ;-)
Thanks,
haro
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