Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:16:29 +0800 From: Ganbold <ganbold@micom.mng.net> To: vehemens <vehemens@verizon.net> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RADEON/AIGLX/DRM Problem Message-ID: <46A8585D.8070007@micom.mng.net> In-Reply-To: <200707252313.49139.vehemens@verizon.net> References: <200707030247.52207.vehemens@verizon.net> <200707251346.39940.vehemens@verizon.net> <46A80053.4020105@micom.mng.net> <200707252313.49139.vehemens@verizon.net>
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vehemens wrote: > On Wednesday 25 July 2007 07:00:51 pm Ganbold wrote: > >> I tried this patch. Now X works with AIGLX enabled. Of course beryl >> works with white screen :) >> However when I try to run googleearth, it crashes X. When I kill beryl, >> X crashes too. >> > > Assuming that you have AIGLX enabled in your xorg.conf, did you reboot before > launching X with beryl? > > If not, try after a reboot and see if you still get a white screen on the > first try as there seems to be a few more bugs in the ATI code with xserver > restarts. > Didn't try that. I know usually it helps, I have sometimes white screen in machine with i945GM card and in that case reboot helps. > If that doesn't do it, then it's probably a bug that got fixed by my using the > the development branch of 1) the ati driver, 2) drm driver, 3) xserver. My > ati and drm drivers have some custom patches as well. > > Here the path I'm going to recommend if your willing: > > 1) Upgrade your ati driver to 6.6.192 then consider patching to match the > development branch. I can send you my patches which also has a patch to the > RADEONRestoreAccelState function which may be required for stability. > > 2) Update the drm driver to match the development branch. I can send you my > port which also has patches required to prevent kernel hangs. > > 3) Update the xserver to the development branch and mesa 7.0. Also requires > updating the keyboard and mouse drivers as well as the pixman port. I can > send these to you as well. > > > > Can you send me those patches? Do those patches help to beryl work? thanks, Ganbold -- The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.
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