On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Kevin Brosius wrote: > > > Is there a known problem with accelerated fills on some ATI cards at > > > depth 24? Using an ATI Rage XL (depth 16 log available at > > > http://kevb.net/files/XFree86_ATI_16.log) at depth 24, I notice > > > corrupted fill backgrounds on the text in xf86cfg. To reproduce, start > > > xf86cfg, open Expert mode (clicking on the upper right text box) and > > > then open up some of the config file field text boxes. Patterned fill > > > space behind the text is garbage on my card (stipple problem?) I'm > > > unable to capture a shot of the window of xf86cfg for some reason, both > > > xv and scrot either will not capture, or capture only background behind > > > this app, so I can't illustrate the problem.
> > > Option "noaccel" solves the problem, as does running at depth 16. Depth > > > 24 log available on request. > > I assume you mean depth 24/32? If so, does the problem show in 24/24? > The default, which I see is 24/32. I've also seen it happen at depth 16 > now, but not so far at 24/24 in about a half dozen trials. > Interestly, in depth 16 if I switch away from the server and back again, > forcing a redraw, that sometimes fixes the pattern. > Depth 24/24 log at http://kevb.net/files/XFree86_ati_24_24.log > 24/32 log at http://kevb.net/files/XFree86_nokill_nomouse.log Could you narrow this down to the XAA primitive causing the problem? The driver currently accelerates screen-to-screen copies, solid fills, 8x8 mono pattern fills, scanline CPU-to-screen colour expansion and (other than for 24bpp) solid lines. Thanks. Marc. +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Computing and Network Services | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | | 352 General Services Building | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | University of Alberta +-----------------------------------+ | Edmonton, Alberta | | | T6G 2H1 | Standard disclaimers apply | | CANADA | | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ XFree86 Core Team member. ATI driver and X server internals. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
