Bug 15826

Summary: X corrupts vesafb
Product: xorg Reporter: Jörg Mayer <jmxorg>
Component: Driver/RadeonAssignee: xf86-video-ati maintainers <xorg-driver-ati>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity: normal    
Priority: medium CC: rasasi78
Version: 7.3 (2007.09)   
Hardware: x86 (IA32)   
OS: Linux (All)   
Whiteboard:
i915 platform: i915 features:
Attachments:
Description Flags
Xorg.0.log
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dmesg output
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Screenshot how this looks like (full screen)
none
Details of lower left screen none

Description Jörg Mayer 2008-05-04 23:59:13 UTC 
Created attachment 16356 [details] [review]
Xorg.0.log

Setup:
Hardware: Lenovo thinkpad T60 (2007-63G) with X1400 mobility
          01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400
          01:00.0 0300: 1002:7145
Operating system: Current opensuse-factory (~11.0beta2)
Xorg: 7.3
Driver: radeon from xf86-videa-ati, git head, drm from git head

Problem:
Once I've started the X-server the framebuffer console (vesafb) is corrupted. I can still make out some details like blinking cursor or that my cursor is red, but nothing is readable any more.
Comment 1 Jörg Mayer 2008-05-05 00:00:32 UTC 
Created attachment 16357 [details]
dmesg output
Comment 2 Alex Deucher 2008-05-06 03:13:53 UTC 
Does disabling tiling help?

Option "ColorTiling" "False"
Comment 3 Jörg Mayer 2008-05-06 18:36:26 UTC 
No, it didn't make a difference. That included a reboot to make sure nothing was mixed up by the previous driver settings.
Comment 4 Jörg Mayer 2008-05-11 13:17:46 UTC 
Created attachment 16471 [details]
Screenshot how this looks like (full screen)
Comment 5 Jörg Mayer 2008-05-11 13:21:20 UTC 
Created attachment 16472 [details]
Details of lower left screen

The thicker line at the bottom near but not at the right side blinks (is the cursor).
Comment 6 Alex Deucher 2008-12-03 01:37:40 UTC 
Does a newer version of the driver help (6.9.0 or newer)?
Comment 7 Raúl 2010-04-20 09:58:33 UTC 
Hello:

I've also experience this issue, but not on a regular basis. I only got the screen like that when x (badly) crashes. I've been using radeon versions up to 6.12.6. I'm now on 6.13. I'll pay attention if I see this again.

Debian testing/sid
xserver 1.7.6
mesa 7.7.1
libdrm 2.4.18
linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 (from Debian)

Thanks.
Comment 8 Alex Deucher 2010-10-19 16:24:58 UTC 
Please reopen if this is still an issue.
Comment 9 Jörg Mayer 2010-10-23 04:31:01 UTC 
Since I switched to KMS a long time ago I do not care about this bug any more. Unfortunately this bugzilla doesn't offer a "CLOSED - DONTCARE" resolution.

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