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Re: radeon driver updates for mac laptops



On 10/4/07, Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de> wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> I did confuse the config files in my last test. So, forget everything I
> said.
>
> Alex Deucher schrieb am Wed 03. Oct, 22:34 (-0400):
> > On 10/3/07, Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de> wrote:
> > > Alex Deucher schrieb am Tue 02. Oct, 13:35 (-0400):
> > > > On 10/2/07, Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de> wrote:
> > > > > Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Those of you with radeon based mac laptops please test the latest code
> > > > > > in that ati git tree.  I recently added connector table and quirk
> > > > > > information for mac laptops.  You will need at least xserver 1.3 and a
> > > > > > recent version of xrandr (1.2.2 preferred) to test.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've an iBook G4 and have installed the ati driver from Debian
> > > > > experimental. (Nearly) All works fine. I didn't had to add the MacModel
> > > > > option to xorg.conf and only had to remove the HorizSync and VertRefresh
> > > > > entries from the device sections of the internal display.
> > > >
> > > > hmmm, so it worked out of the box without a ConnectorTable option or
> > > > MacModel option?
>
> No. I must add the MacModell ibook option. Otherwise the external
> connector didn't work.
>
> > Regarding the panel issue you mentioned, if you set option "MacModel"
> > "ibook" does turning off the panel work properly?
>
> No. To illustrate what I mean with "becomes destroyed" I made some
> images. http://www.minet.uni-jena.de/~joergs/ibook/
>
> The "damage" happens also when starting and stopping the X server while
> the external monitor is plugged in. If it's unplugged, the screen stays
> black until the window manager comes up.

Does dpms off (xset dpms --force off) work properly on LVDS or does it
do the same thing?

Alex



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