[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-19 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
On a Linutop with General Software BIOS (build date: 2007-01-18), DDC works like a charm and X auto-configuration succeeds too. Earlier BIOS releases for the Linutop had DDC support disabled and a serial console instead. My X.log is attached. ** Attachment added: "X.log on a Linutop with General

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-18 Thread bartman
I am going to port the patches to Hardy's 1.4 debs. I have not started to build a development environment yet. Can someone in the know, tell me if it's easy to build 1.4 debs under Gutsy, or if I have to setup Hardy. -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 Yo

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-18 Thread GideonRomm
The new patched debs fix DDC issues on: GSW BIOS + GX2 GSW BIOS + LX I have also tested the debs on non-Geode hardware (intel chipset) and there are no ill effects of the xorg patch on that driver. Great fix!!! Hope to see it in gutsy and hardy soon! -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https:

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-18 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
Problems with console switching is a separate issue see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video- amd/+bug/180742 instead. -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-18 Thread DURAKOVIC Ahmedin
I installed it on Linutop board based with Geode LX 700, works well. But it's still broken with GDM when return to console ctrl alt F1, -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-18 Thread Enrico
I installed your packages and now my Lucida LT2610 thin client (LX Geode) works well. Both ddc and automatic X configuration are ok. -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is th

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-16 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
I have built Gutsy packages of both xserver-xorg-core and xserver-xorg- vidoe-amd and uploaded them in my PPA: https://launchpad.net/%7Eq-funk/+archive By installing both, GX/LX users should get a functioning driver with DDC and automatic X configuration. Can subscribers to this bug test this and

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-14 Thread Bryce Harrington
Actually, putting these into gutsy-proposed before Hardy is doing things in the wrong order; gutsy-proposed should only be used for patches known to fix issues, and where you are working towards getting them posted as an SRU. From the descriptions, these patches change the failure behavior but don

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-14 Thread bartman
With reference to: >> I meant confirmation of whether these two x86emu patches fix the bug or not. My two patches do not solve the "DDC not working" bug. They fix two bugs in x86emu that cause the freeze. I plan on working on the DDC/EDID issues later this week. -- amd driver fails to autocon

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-13 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
I meant confirmation of whether these two x86emu patches fix the bug or not. -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list u

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-13 Thread Eugene
I confirm this bug. -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mail

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-13 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
There's actually 2 patches against x86emu found in X server >= 1.3 that need to be tested: http://www.jukie.net/~bart/patches/xorg-server/20080111/0001-X86EMU- added-blacklist-for-I-O-port-in-0-0xFF-range.patch and http://www.jukie.net/~bart/patches/xorg-server/20080111/0001-X86EMU- pass-the-cor

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-11 Thread bartman
More about the Geode LX crash with Generla Software BIOS... There seems to be an inconsistency between what the x86emu gets from the PCI handling code and by accessing hardware directly. x86emu relies on a set of functions to emulate PCI access. When things goes wrong, the emulator is asked to e

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-08 Thread joeblack
I have an ALIX1c lx800 motherboard from pcengines, after a long effort I successed to be able run Xorg 1.3 with the latest driver amd_drv.so. Now I have a really strange problem. Xorg works perfect, I can easily manage dpms modes and resolutions, but whenever I want to go back to console w/o X the

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-05 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
I have uploaded packages based upon upstream 2.7.7.4 that should fix this issue for most hardware configurations. A known exception is hardware booting off General Software BIOS, on which there are issues with X server 1.3 and newer, more specifically with the x86emu component of X server, that ca

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-05 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
xserver-xorg-video-amd (2.7.7.4-1gutsy1) gutsy; urgency=medium * Reverted 2.7.7.2-2 debian/control changes to produce Gutsy package. xserver-xorg-video-amd (2.7.7.4-1) unstable; urgency=low * New upstream release: [GX][LX] PreInit fixes to avoid segfaults on X -configure. This is kn

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-02 Thread Jean Christophe André
Great! I'm able to use Xorg at 1280x1024x16 without any trouble! :-) I just had to tune a few things manually, like: - HorizSync & VertRefresh to allow full screen size - DefaultDepth to get 16 bits depth - Modes in SubSection "Display" to get the size I wanted But we should be able to get most o

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-02 Thread Jean Christophe André
** Attachment added: "xwininfo" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11120631/xwininfo-root_20080103_0026.txt -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu.

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-02 Thread Jean Christophe André
Oh... We can't attach more than one file at a time?? ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11120605/Xorg.0.log_20080103_0026.txt.bz2 -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2008-01-02 Thread Jean Christophe André
I've just discovered this bug report and reading it with interest. :-) I have a Linuterm, which is also based on the ThinCan DBE61. I'm trying to let it run LTSP on a Ubuntu "Gutsy" basis. Bartman, I've just downloaded and installed your packages. The Xorg server is able to start without crash or

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-12-29 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
Looking at the PDF that Guilherme attached to the bug, it appears that that Brazilian thin client boots off a General Software BIOS. -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-12-28 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
Guilherme Straioto: you reported that the driver fails on a Brazilian- made thin client. Could you tell us which brand and version of BIOS is used to boot it? Thanks! -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-12-22 Thread bartman
The discussion started here continued on the xorg mailing list. Here is the thread... http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-driver-geode/2007-December/02.html I have been debugging the problem on and off and made some headway recently... http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-driver-geode/2007-Decembe

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-11-30 Thread GideonRomm
I don't know how Scotty got that. On my machine, this new deb causes the whole system to freeze after boot and become unresponsive Gutsy LTSP5 with xserver-xorg-viedo-amd-2.7.7.0-1ubuntu1 retrieved from MatrinEric's repo. -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-11-22 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
Scott reported a few days ago that auto-configuration no longer crashes (which suggests that Jordan's patch indeed does work), but that X fails to find the largest available resolution (which suggests a broken DDC support in X or in this driver.). -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-11-11 Thread Guilherme Straioto
I installed the new driver but still not worked in my thin client, I am almost giving up, my thin client also runs AMD geode, http://www.brazilmkt.com.br/iclient/ Use Ubuntu Gusty upgraded from Feisty, LTSP 5. -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You receiv

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-11-07 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
Test packages (Gutsy chroot in pbuilder) are available at http://q-funk.iki.fi/debian/pool/x/xserver-xorg-video-amd/ The debdiff is attached. ** Attachment added: "debdiff_xserver-xorg-video-amd_2.7.7.0-1_2.7.7.0-1ubuntu1" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10299432/debdiff_xserver-xorg-video-amd

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-11-07 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
We essentially need to test for two things with this patch: 1) does it solve the crash everyone experiences? 2) does it help X auto-configure itself to the maximum resolution offered by the display? -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bu

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-11-03 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
As a test, I built a driver against the OLPC tree. It freezes the whole system dead, as soon as X launches, presumably because it includes support for the OLPC DCON. -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a me

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-11-02 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
In response to Bernardo's comment, here is the diff between git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-amd.git and git://dev.laptop.org/xf86-amd-devel ** Attachment added: "differences between OLPC and FreeDesktop trees for this AMD X.org driver" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-11-02 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
Bernardo Innocenti recalls having fixed this particular issue in the OLPC fork. He suggests cherry-picking useful changes from: http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=olpc-2.6 -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a me

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-10-26 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
Another comment from Anti Sullin: > So for a quick fix without any monitor detection, I just added > > if (flags & PROBE_DETECT) return TRUE; > > to the LXPreInit beginning (after variable declarations). > X comes up and we have a picture... although [EMAIL PROTECTED], 256colors > only. Btw,

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-10-24 Thread Guilherme Straioto
I am with the same problem I am using Edubuntu Server 10 Ltsp 5, with a thin client called Brazilian iclient description attached, it uses the video driver amd but not start the way of no X. ** Attachment added: "thin_client.pdf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10161730/thin_client.pdf

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-10-19 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-amd (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium => High Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubu

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-10-15 Thread Cheetahcat
I can confirm this problem with Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10 running on a Linutop PC equipped with an Geode LX processor. Is anyone working on a fix? -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-10-10 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
Anti Sullin of artecdesign.ee made the following comments : After a full day of debugging, the result is: we have a picture (although as we don't support DDC monitor detection, it's defaulted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 256colors; didn't look where that comes from). Still, the system has some strange pro

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-09-26 Thread Bryce Harrington
So from the strace, it looks like it's failing while trying to load vgahw. Maybe it'd be worth adding `Disable "vgahw"` in the Modules section? Of course, I wonder why it is trying to load vgahw - shouldn't it be attempting to load -amd? According to the strace, prior to the vgahw stuff, it does

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-09-26 Thread Bryce Harrington
Hmm, here's what it's doing immediately prior to printing the backtrace: write(0, "(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modul"..., 48) = 48 open("/usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvgahw.so", O_RDONLY) = 7 read(7, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\320\21"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|064

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-09-25 Thread Scott Balneaves
strace ** Attachment added: "xorg.strace" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9510926/xorg.strace -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-09-24 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-amd (Ubuntu) Assignee: Bryce Harrington (bryceharrington) => (unassigned) -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubu

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-09-20 Thread Bryce Harrington
Scott, How about trying an strace? strace Xorg -configure :1 > /tmp/xorg-strace 2>&1 ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-amd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-amd (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Bryce Harrington

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-09-17 Thread Scott Balneaves
Tried, no difference, other than the two EE lines regarding the ztv driver disappear. I installed the xserver-xorg-driver-amd-dbg package in the chroot, hoping for something more than a hex address within the driver where it's failing, but no go. Am I missing something? Any way to get an indicat

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-09-17 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
Can you try deleting /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ztv_drv.so and see if helps auto-configuration succeed? -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu.

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-09-16 Thread Scott Balneaves
Output of Xorg -configure :1 > /tmp/xorg-output 2>&1 ** Attachment added: "xorg-output" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9300306/xorg-output -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

[Bug 140051] Re: amd driver fails to autoconfigure

2007-09-16 Thread Scott Balneaves
lspci ** Attachment added: "lspci-vv" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9300310/lspci-vv -- amd driver fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs ma