Subject: Re: DRM for radeon ?
To: Michael Lorenz <macallan1888@gmail.com>
From: Joel CARNAT <joel@carnat.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 05/17/2007 17:49:08
>> 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.
>

It is XFree86 4.5.0.
The one that ships with NetBSD-daily tarballs.

I noticed that there are xbase.tgz in /macppc and another one in
/shared/powerpc:
ftp://ftp2.fr.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-4/200705160002Z/shared/powerpc/
I've never seen that before so I thought it was some kind of either error
or work in progress. So I used what was in /macppc/binary/sets/

According to my monitor, the screen resolution is 1280x1024@60Hz in the
console (before X start), during X session and after the X session quits.
I'm using a DVI connection - for what it's worth knowing it.
The last lines of my XFree86.0.log are:
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard0" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing
from list!
(II) RADEON(0): Wrote: rd=12, fd=443, pd=0

Regards,
  Jo