Bug#420628: #420628,xserver-xorg-core: mergeFB does not work anymore with ati drivers

[VALETTE Eric RD-MAPS-REN <eric2.valette@orange-ftgroup.com>]

Brice Goglin wrote:

reassign 420628 xserver-xorg-video-ati
fixed 420628 1:6.6.191-1
thank you




VALETTE Eric RD-MAPS-REN wrote:
  

Damyan Ivanov wrote:
  
    

Hi,

    
      

(II) RADEON(0): Validating CRTC2 modes for MergedFB ------------
...
(WW) RADEON(0): Mode pool is empty
(EE) RADEON(0): No valid modes found
(EE) RADEON(0): No valid mode found for CRTC2, disabling MergedFB
(II) RADEON(0): Total of 0 CRTC2 modes found for MergedFB------------
      
        

I was hit by the same problem today (although I was using dual monitor
in non-clone mode) and was able to overcome it by installing
xserver-xorg-driver-ati from experimental.

You may want to try it too.
    
      

Thanks for the hint and yet it fixes it (reverting to original version).
So we have a fix : use newer libs. 
  
    

Ok, closing this bug with the version in experimental.


  

However, this fixe has a side effect
: krandrtray shows crasy values for refrersh rate HZ.
  
    

Does xrandr report crappy rates too?
  

Yes see below

We might have to wait for XRandR 1.2 support in the ATI driver (planned
after 6.7) to get a fix for this...
  

xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 1024 x 768, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1280x1024    2800.2*  <<<<<< I would love to be able to have that!
   1024x768      615.7

--eric