Bug 29255

I forgot to mention that even with the distorions, you can see that the output shows a clone of the desktop how it is supposed to be. I can see this by the colors on the external display. Compare the attached screenshot to http://desk08.customize.org/wallpaper/54, which is my wallpaper.

Please attach your xorg log and dmesg output.

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dmesg output

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Xorg logfile

I attached both dmesg output and Xorg logfile. Since my system comes with hybrid graphics, I have blacklisted the radeon driver in order to see the console (and hot have radeon and i915 conflicting each other). Then I booted this way:

1. plug external monitor (to make sure it's not a hotplug issue)
2. turn system on, boot to runlevel 3
3. load radeon module
4. use vga_switcheroo to switch to ATI card
5. turn Intel card off
6. switch to runlevel 5 and start X

Any news on this?

Is there any way to boot with the ATI card as the primary?  There should be a bios option.

(In reply to comment #7)
> Is there any way to boot with the ATI card as the primary?  There should be a
> bios option.

Unfortunally, the Envy 14 does not provide such a BIOS option. I already filed a complainment about this fact to HP but I do not really expect something to happen soon. :(

Any idea or anything I could test?

Any news on this?

I have a similar issue with my radeon card.  I can give some additional information because I only have the radeon card on my machine and am able to boot with the displayport as the primary output.  My corruption occurs in two situations:

    1.  When resuming from suspend
    2.  When hotplugging the monitor after booting only using the laptop display.

Note, I have the same problem using the VGA adapter, so I don't think this is a display port specific issue.  My laptop is an HP Elitebook 8540w with an HD Mobility Radeon 5800 series card.  I'll attach my dmesg and Xorg logfile as well.

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dmesg output for jgeisler

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Xorg log for jgeisler

Do things work any better on Dave's drm-fixes branch:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/drm-fixes

There are a number of evergreen related display fixes there.

Also, Jonathan, can you attach a copy of your vbios?  As per your log:

[    1.975933] [drm] Connector 4:
[    1.976127] [drm]   VGA
[    1.976318] [drm]   DDC: no ddc bus - possible BIOS bug - please report to xorg-driver-ati@lists.x.org
[    1.976627] [drm]   Encoders:
[    1.976818] [drm]     CRT1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC1

it looks like there is a bios bug there that may be part of the problem in your case.  To access your vbios (as root):

cd /sys/bus/pci/devices/<pci bus id>
echo 1 > rom
cat rom > /tmp/vbios.rom
echo 0 > rom

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vbios for jgeisler

I've attached the vbios as requested and will report back on the updated kernel version soon.

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fix ddc line for VGA

This patch fixes the ddc line for VGA.

To use Dave's drm-fixes branch you have to check it out.  The master branch on his repo is very old.  So after you clone the repo, you need to:
git checkout -b drm-fixes origin/drm-fixes

I've run the drm-fixes kernel and the symptoms remain the same.

Additionally, I can confirm that the patch from Alex removes the error message.

I've tried to run the kernel with and without the patch, but there is no visible difference in the behavior of the output.

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drm-fixes kernel logfile for jgeisler

I've added an attachment that includes the kernel log file when drm.debug=1 is enabled on boot with the drm-fixes kernel.

Hi, I have the same problem on my Envy 14, but thanks to a tip from the helpful folks in #radeon on FreeNode I found that if I turn off my laptop panel with xrandr then my external display immediately becomes ungarbled.

Specifically, the command:

xrandr --output LVDS-1 --off

(and then, because it starts in mirror mode with a non-native resolution of my monitor)

xrandr --output DisplayPort-0 --auto



I'm using Arch and am selecting the ATI card via vgaswitcheroo first.  Here's my uname-a


Linux bender 2.6.35-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Aug 27 17:14:28 CEST 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 450 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Package versions:

local/xorg-server 1.8.1.902-1
local/xf86-video-ati 6.13.1-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
local/ati-dri 7.8.2-1

Hope this helps anyone who may find this trade-off suitable until a proper fix is found.

I just tried to switch the internal LVDS off. Instantly, the external display shows a correct picture. At least a way to make use of a projector.

But running the internal and an external display at the same time still needs to be fixed.

I can also confirm that doing the workaround allows me to use the external device exclusive to my laptop screen--but not both at the same time.  This is a big improvement, but not the complete solution.

Does this set of kernel patches help (against recent 2.6.36):
http://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/pll_fixes/

(In reply to comment #25)
> Does this set of kernel patches help (against recent 2.6.36):
> http://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/pll_fixes/

No.  I see the same behavior with these patches.

Can you try a newer kernel?  3.0 or 3.1?  If not, please try this patch as well:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2011-October/014993.html

I am now able to switch adapters without a problem.  I forget which kernel this started working, but I am currently running 2.6.39-gentoo-r3 without issues.  As far as I am concerned this bug has been fixed and I forgot to note that improvement on the bug.