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.
BTW, the + means preferred mode, not enabled.
Alex
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