Bug#481529: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: (strange?) workaround for video not synced

2009-08-21 Thread Alex Deucher
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 6:22 AM, Dimitri Chaussontri2...@gmx.net wrote: Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon Version: 1:6.9.0-1+lenny4 Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line *** Hello, The symptoms I had were: I was forced to explicitly switch off DRI b/c the screen

Bug#481529: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: (strange?) workaround for video not synced

2009-08-21 Thread Alex Deucher
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Dimitri Chaussontri2...@gmx.net wrote: Hi, Two new things I noticed: - switching between text console and X doesn't clear the problem anymore (my system was updated a few times in between). So I do need the DisplayPriority BIOS option set. - now

Bug#481529: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: (strange?) workaround for video not synced

2009-08-21 Thread Dimitri Chausson
Yes, glxinfo is now reporting that direct rendering is enabled. The messages (freeing invalid ..) are still there though. To sum up: * the option make the screen readable for me (removes this sync problems) * installing the firmware allows DRI to be enabled On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:53:19 -0400