Re: Powerbook 15" 1Ghz radeonfb/XFree86 woes
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 19:59, Tugrul Galatali wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 07:46, Michel Dänzer wrote:
>
> > DDC detection of the panel fails - I assume this still works perfectly
> > in Mac OS? (Could be related to the radeonfb problem and smells like a
> > firmware or even hardware problem...)
>
> If its a firmware/hardware problem,
More likely hardware, as the X radeon driver detection doesn't involve
the firmware.
> I hope you got a way to explain it to Apple in terms they understand ;)
Tough one. :\ It seems that the panel isn't wired properly, such that
DDC over the I2C bus doesn't work. I suspect Mac OS (and possibly OF as
well - does its display work? I guess so, or you'd probably have
mentioned the console not working at all :) falls back to hardcoded
values and doesn't care much.
> > Does
> > Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS"
> >
> > in the radeon device section make a difference?
>
> I grabbed your XF86Config-4.radeon, added that line and uncommented the
> font path to misc so X doesn't exit on not finding the fixed font. When
> I fire up X, the LCD stays on, but there is a narrow horizontal band,
> about 5% tall 55% down from the top, which is blooming :)
But the remaining 95% look good? Not bad for not knowing much of
anything about the panel, is it? ;)
> When I added that line to the XF86Config-4 brew that I had last (and
> uploaded), I see the default X screen, but its tinted yellow and looks
> like its in mode line hell.
Have you tried your config with the option above, but without a custom
mode definition (with the Modes line in the display subsection though)?
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Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
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