From: Jesse B. <jb...@vi...> - 2009-03-30 23:01:19
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On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:57:50 +0200 Soeren Sonnenburg <so...@de...> wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 14:34 -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:37:19 +0200 > > Soeren Sonnenburg <so...@de...> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 15:22 +0200, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 14:07 +0100, Sitsofe Wheeler wrote: > > > > > (CC'ing dri-devel, Eric Anholt and Jesse Barnes) > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 12:34:01PM +0200, Soeren Sonnenburg > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > > > > > > > I am not sure if this is just a user error/ too old > > > > > > userspace problem, > > > > > > > > > > [User stated that 2.6.3 intel driver is being used in another > > > > > email] > > > > > > > > Just to not cause any (further?) confusion, I was using 2.6.1 > > > > when I wrote that email and after compiling/upgrading to 2.6.3 > > > > a number of problems vanished (like Xv works, screen resolution > > > > is correct, things are *a lot* faster with UXA). However, > > > > brightness still only works via setpci and xrandr only shows > > > > the 1024x600 modeline. > > > > > > > > > > but I recognized that when I enable kernel based > > > > > > modesetting on a intel 945 based samsung nc 10 netbook, I > > > > > > loose brightness control from within X and X resolutions > > > > > > are wrong (instead of 1024x600 it is 1024x1024) and xrandr > > > > > > does no longer have the all the modelines ranging from > > > > > > 1024x600 to 640x350... Trying to change resolutions / > > > > > > setting the brightness via xrandr results in error messages > > > > > > being printed. > > > > > > > > > > > > Furthermore, this same flag disables Xv support.. > > > > > > > > > > > > However, screen switches between terminal and X are quite > > > > > > fast now (without any flicker) and suspend and everything > > > > > > works stably. > > > > > > > > > > > > I recognized that I can set the brightness via > > > > > > > > > > > > setpci -s 00:02.1 F4.B=XX > > > > > > > > > > > > (XX ranging from 00 to FF) just fine... > > > > > > One more thing: Connecting an external display I could turn it on > > > via xrandr --auto successfully. However, it was not possible to > > > turn the internal display off (xrandr --output LVDS1 --off) and > > > switching to the console with the external display connected I > > > managed to freeze the machine. Turning the external display off > > > worked somehow (the display then showed vertical stripes) but I > > > could switch to console. > > > > Have you filed bugs for these problems? I think the brightness > > control issue is due to some missing bits on the 2D side (we don't > > enable backlight property control when KMS is active, but should), > > the other issues sound like bugs. > > I did nothing besides asking here on lkml. Where should I report what? Your xrandr problems should be reported at bugs.freedesktop.org against the xf86-video-intel driver (in the xorg component). A separate bug report should be filed for the missing backlight property. Thanks, -- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center |