Re: Graphic problem on Debian testing installed on Dell Optiplex 960

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Wed, 9 May 2012 14:06:30 +0900, Johan wrote in message 
<[🔎] CAKS5mhQKqwbcMUJDnECkfYEyckAj-HerK+xvcOeWyQOHZoKmog@mail.gmail.com>:

> Under kernel 3.2.0-2, I have:
> *dmesg |grep modeset
> [    7.111909] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
> [    7.112268] [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (RV620
> 0x1002:0x95C5 0x1028:0x0342).
> 
> *dmesg |grep radeon
> [    7.111909] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
> [    7.111991] radeon 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low)
> -> IRQ 16 [    7.111997] radeon 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer
> to 64 [    7.112558] radeon 0000:01:00.0: VRAM: 256M
> 0x0000000000000000 - 0x000000000FFFFFFF (256M used)
> [    7.112561] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GTT: 512M 0x0000000010000000 -
> 0x000000002FFFFFFF
> [    7.115303] [drm] radeon: 256M of VRAM memory ready
> [    7.115304] [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready.
> [    7.115368] radeon 0000:01:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
> [    7.115373] radeon 0000:01:00.0: radeon: using MSI.
> [    7.115404] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
> [    7.581930] radeon 0000:01:00.0: WB enabled
> [    7.613104] [drm] radeon: ib pool ready.
> [    7.613633] [drm] radeon: power management initialized
> [    7.752123] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
> [    8.177088] fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
> [    8.177095] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.12.0 20080528 for
> 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
> 
> This looks fine, does it ?

..yup, you have everything working allright now?

> Do you want me to run the same commands on kernel 2.6.32-5 ?

..your problem, your thread, your decision. ;o)

> Regards
> Johan
> 
> 2012/5/8 Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>:
> > On Tue, 8 May 2012 13:23:29 +0900, Johan wrote in message
> > <[🔎] CAKS5mhQ_bP+F11ZKDkeHQrVdJeZ8JOauNR51aN2DYBjQs8fs6A@mail.gmail.com>:
> >
> >> I installed firmware-linux, firmware-linus-non-free, libdrm2 and
> >> libdrm-radeon1. I think that radeon is starting with KMS because
> >> there is a file called radeon-kms.conf in /etc/modprobe.d/ that
> >> contains "options radeon modeset=1".
> >
> > ..verify that with e.g. 'dmesg |grep modeset' or 'dmesg |grep
> > radeon' or some such search.
> >
> >> This fixed the problem for kernels 3.2.0-1 and 3.2.0-2.
> >> There is however still a problem with kernel 2.6.32-5 : rectangle
> >> of random black and white pixels disappeared but gnome login screen
> >> doesn't work. I don't know if Debian want to fix this or not. If
> >> yes, I would be glad to help in terms of testing.
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot for your help.
> >> Regards.
> >> Johan

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