Re: radeon driver updates for mac laptops
On 9/21/07, Eugen Dedu <Eugen.Dedu@pu-pm.univ-fcomte.fr> wrote:
> Alex Deucher wrote:
> > On 9/21/07, Eugen Dedu <Eugen.Dedu@pu-pm.univ-fcomte.fr> wrote:
> >> Michel Dänzer wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 16:25 +0200, Eugen Dedu wrote:
> >>>> Michel Dänzer wrote:
> >>>>> On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 15:58 +0200, Eugen Dedu wrote:
> >>>>>>>> VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> >>>>>>> If you specify
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Option "MacModel" "powerbook"
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> or "powerbook-duallink", the above should say DVI-0 instead of VGA-0.
> >>>>>> However, it prints VGA-0...
> >>>>> Does the log file acknowledge the option being in effect as intended?
> >>>> Ah...:
> >>>>
> >>>> ((II) RADEON(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled
> >>>> message.
> >>>> WW) RADEON(0): Option "MacModel" is not used
> >>>> (--) RandR disabled
> >>>>
> >>>> I attach the whole log and xorg.conf. Maybe I should try
> >>>> powerbook-duallink?!
> >>> The option value doesn't matter when the driver doesn't recognize the
> >>> identifier. Did you get the driver source from upstream GIT and build
> >>> it? The option isn't included in xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.7.192 yet.
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have just tried xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.7.192-4. Now it works on
> >> my external monitor (Samsung). I have a PowerBook5,2 (4 years old).
> >>
> >> I put powerbook-duallink as MacModel.
> >>
> >> A few comments:
> >>
> >
> > an output is enabled if there is a * next to one of it's modes.
>
> May I suggest you to write this info in the man page?
>
> snoopy:~$ diff -Naur xrandr.1 xrandr.1-new
> --- xrandr.1 2007-09-21 18:16:51.000000000 +0200
> +++ xrandr.1-new 2007-09-21 18:23:52.000000000 +0200
> @@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
> reported while executing the configuration changes.
> .IP \-q
> When this option is present, or when no configuration changes are
> requested,
> -xrandr will display the current state of the system.
> +xrandr will display the current state of the system. A '*' near a mode
> +precises the mode used. A '+' near a mode precises that the corresponding
> +output is enabled.
> .IP "\-screen \fIsnum\fP"
> This option selects which screen to manipulate. Note this refers to the X
> screen abstraction, not the monitor (or output).
>
I thought brice already submitted a patch to do that. I guess not.
Please open a bug on https://bugs.freedesktop.org and attach your
patch.
> Also, another comment:
> - would it possible to use MacModel XYZ by default, i.e. without
> explicitely putting it in xorg.conf? Or is it planned for a future
> version of ati driver?
I don't know of a way to get that info from the driver at the moment.
Also, I'm not sure which powerbooks use which configuration (internal
or external TMDS). If someone more familiar with macs or ppc knows of
a good way, I'd be happy to implement it, I'm just not that well
versed in mac hardware and configuration.
Alex
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