Subject: Re: DRM for radeon ?
To: Joel CARNAT <joel@carnat.net>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan1888@gmail.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 05/17/2007 09:54:30
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Hello,

On May 17, 2007, at 06:04, Joel CARNAT wrote:

> just a quick ACK that the radeon pullup
> (NetBSD-daily/netbsd-4/200705160002Z) corrects my problem.
> I now get a text console in 1280x1024 ; thanks a lot.

Ok, so the messed up video mode was just that - wrong video mode.

> there are two "small" bugs that still remains:
> - I have to set 'Option "SWcursor"' in XF86Config to actually see the
> mouse cursor. If not, the cursor works (click, right-click, ...) 
> expect I
> just don't see in on the screen.

I have no explanation for that - it works fine here.

> - When I quit X, the screen is all weird. It looks like there is a 
> refresh
> rate issue. Like when you set a refresh rate that your monitor doesn't
> support. If I "startx" again, the console looks good for a second then 
> X
> startx (and everything goes well). FYI on 3.1, the console is blank (I 
> can
> still re-run startx to get X).

Hmm, radeonfb /should/ restore the video mode when X exits. Do you use 
XFree86 or Xorg? I've seen Xorg mess up my RV280 enough to keep 
radeonfb from setting its video mode while it works fine with XFree86.

have fun
Michael
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