Bugzilla – Bug 232037
XOrg 7.2 with FBDev on ATI Radeo Mobility X1600 too loow in refresh video
Last modified: 2007-01-05 20:15:09 UTC
Hi, I just install OpenSUSE 10.2 on a HP Notebook that use ATI Mobility Radeon X1600. The right resolution is no listed in VESA MODE, but i I use another resolution the display is too slow to be used. So I try to install FEDORA Core 6 and at the same resolution the system can be used, but Fedora CORE 6 use XOrg 7.1 not 7.2 as SuSE. I try to look inside the code con FBDEV xorg driver and I discovery that the ShadowFB default value is change from TRUE to FALSE. So, I try to look on the xorg.freedesktop git site and I discovery thesome fix are made on this xorg module. So I simply try to download the new code, compile, and replace the XOrg fbdev Driver with the new one, and now the system work as on the Fedora XOrg driver. Please ugrade the fbdex xorg driver to the 0.3.1 new version. Sorry for my english. Best Regards, Torello Querci.
Thanks for the reminder. Could you try the xorg-x11-driver-video update from http://software.opensuse.org/download/xorg72/openSUSE_10.2 It already includes fbdev 0.3.1 driver. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Dec 29 15:07:22 CET 2006 - sndirsch@suse.de - updated fbdev driver to release 0.3.1 * Fix shadow framebuffer, and by extension rotation. (Bug #7961) * obsoletes xf86-video-fbdev-disable-shadowfb.diff, xf86-video-fbdev.diff
Ok ... I try the new driver and work as the once that I compiled.So I suggest to delivery this update, otherwise other user that are less motivated to use OpenSuSE migrate to another distro.
> Ok ... I try the new driver and work as the once that I compiled ==> NEEDINFO again > So I suggest to delivery this update, otherwise other user that are less > motivated to use OpenSuSE migrate to another distro. I don't agree. The update won't help for the fbdev driver used during installation. Most users switch to fglrx driver right after installation anyway, no matter if ShadowFB is enabled/disabled, because it's not sufficient for them.
You are right, but the ATI driver doesn't work on X1600 because support only X7.1 not 7.2, so without this fbdev the system is unusable.
Which is wrong. ATI fixed this issue for the current 8.32.5 release!
I try it but don't work with 7.2. Using it on Mandriva, the driver work properly. If you want, I reinstall the driver and send you the message, but as say another person ... you don't work to fix the problem of the proprietary driver ... :)
(In reply to comment #6) > I try it You try what? > but don't work with 7.2. Shouldn't matter if you work with 7.2 (not released yet) or with 7.2 RC2 (shipped with openSUSE 10.2). > Using it on Mandriva, the driver work properly. I don't know, which X.Org release your Mandriva installation uses. > If you want, I reinstall the driver and send you the message, Which driver? > but as say another person ... you don't work to fix the problem of the > proprietary driver ... :) Don't understand what you want to tell me with this sentence.
Ok .... sorry for my English ... I know ... is awful ... :(( 1 - XORG that I use is the standard version of OpenSUSE 10.2 .. since the RPM is xorg-x11-server-7.2-30 I suppose that the version is 7.2. Reading inside the log file, the real version in: X Window System Version 7.1.99.902 (7.2.0 RC 2) Before make the test with the fbdevice I try to use the ATI driver ... but after several test I reinstall all testing other distro like Mandriva and FC6. Since in the FC6 using fbdev the sistem work properly (without 3d acceleration ... ok) I made other test using OpenSuSE. If you want I can install the flgrx driver from ATI, to make some test using the accelerated driver. Again, if another person have the same problem probally change the distro. Only for this reason I suggest to release an official upgrade of the driver. Instead, if the problem is related to have a good testing phase, I approved. Again ... my English is awful .. sorry .... Do you have very patient with me ..... Thank's
What I tried to ask you was to test the new xorg-x11-driver-video RPM on openSUSE 10.2 to test if the problem really has been fixed. Of course you can also try the proprietary ATI driver with openSUSE 10.2. Hope this helps.
Ok ... this driver version fix the problem on my ATI video card. I can't install the proprietary driver 'cause doesn't work. But without this fix the system was unusable. For me the bug is closed. Only suggest to release this fix as soon as possible to help other user like me, but with less patience and experience ... Best Regards, Torello Querci.
Ok. You said the proprietary driver doesn't work. Is this a duplicate of Bug #222993 ("preinitdal failed" in /var/log/Xorg.0.log)?
Yes ... so simply I can disable the fbdev on boot?
Yes, at least give it a try (remove "vga=XXX" entry from the appropriate line in /boot/grub/menu.lst) and let me know, if this helps.
Ok, the ATI driver now work.... Thank's.
Thanks for verifying. I've added you to Bug #222993, so you know when it is fixed without this workaround.