From: "Michel Dänzer" <michel@daenzer.net>
To: Ed Tomlinson <edt@aei.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com>,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: Regression 2.6.34+ -> 2.6.34-rc5: radeon KMS rs780 problems
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:00:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1279605606.9986.113.camel@thor.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201007192300.15124.edt@aei.ca>
On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 23:00 -0400, Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> On Monday 19 July 2010 10:34:20 Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > On Sam, 2010-07-17 at 18:56 -0400, Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> > >
> > > My 790gx chipset supplies an rs780. With .34+ all is ok.
> > > With .35-rc5 basic function seems ok (kde works) but games like
> > > extreme tux racer have problems. The cursor does not display when on
> > > the tux racer window and various objects flicker on and off as I
> > > attempt to play the game.
> >
> > Sounds like it might be
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28341 . Does the X driver
> > patch attached there fix the problem?
>
> Michel,
>
> xf86-video-ati git from today fails. Applying the revert patch in the above message
> fixes the problem. Its an interesting bug in that the kernel change triggers the
> driver bug. Might be a good idea to get this fixed, one way or another, before
> -35 gets released?
It's basically a userspace bug, the buggy userspace code is just only
active with new functionality in the new kernel.
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com
Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-17 22:56 Regression 2.6.34+ -> 2.6.34-rc5: radeon KMS rs780 problems Ed Tomlinson
2010-07-19 14:23 ` Alex Deucher
2010-07-19 14:34 ` Michel Dänzer
2010-07-20 3:00 ` Ed Tomlinson
2010-07-20 6:00 ` Michel Dänzer [this message]
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