Re: Linux 3.1 and r300
On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:17:21 +0100
Arno Schuring <aelschuring@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Since the upgrade to the 3.1 kernel, I'm seeing display flickers on
> two machines with an older ATI card (a 9600 and X1500). One machine is
> very vocal about EDID errors and blinks the display roughly every ten
> seconds, making it impossible to work with. The other logs no EDID
> errors and only blinks once every hour.
>
> I've had this before, and then it was related to load detection which
> can be disabled (doesn't appear to work this time):
> $ xrandr --output DVI-0 --set "load detection" 0
>
> The EDID errors can be resolved by killing output polling (drm.poll=0
> on the kernel command line).
>
>
> Before I file a bug, is anyone else seeing this?
>
>
> Regards,
> Arno
>
>
Yes I've seen exactly the same , IMO The radeon driver does not work with kernel 3.x.x,
and that was with a late card HD4250, das driver ist dekcuf :)
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Best wishes / 73
Richard Bown
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