From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 26 08:16:35 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 218C916A41A for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:16:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ganbold@micom.mng.net) Received: from publicd.ub.mng.net (publicd.ub.mng.net [202.179.0.88]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EAC413C481 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:16:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ganbold@micom.mng.net) Received: from [202.179.0.164] (helo=daemon.micom.mng.net) by publicd.ub.mng.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1IDyWL-000KGa-Oq; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:16:30 +0800 Message-ID: <46A8585D.8070007@micom.mng.net> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:16:29 +0800 From: Ganbold User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070724) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: vehemens References: <200707030247.52207.vehemens@verizon.net> <200707251346.39940.vehemens@verizon.net> <46A80053.4020105@micom.mng.net> <200707252313.49139.vehemens@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <200707252313.49139.vehemens@verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RADEON/AIGLX/DRM Problem 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, 26 Jul 2007 08:16:35 -0000 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.