Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-17 Thread David C. Rankin
On 12/17/2009 07:52 PM, crda...@gmail.com wrote: Are you sure the problem lies within the driver itself? The fact that you can't locate a regression with git bisect leads me to believe the issue would be with some other software, and with so much graphics work being done in so many different area

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-17 Thread David C. Rankin
On 12/08/2009 01:47 PM, Smith Dhumbumroong wrote: Well, I think it depends on support for your card. On my ATI card (age-old X700), while using KMS does gives me less FPS in glxgears, most 3D apps run noticeably_faster_ with less glitches. For example, transparency in Neverball is working proper

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-15 Thread Jim Clark
Using radeon hook in mkinitcpio.conf, and KMS is working perfectly.

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-13 Thread Smith Dhumbumroong
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:03:53 +0100 Tobias Powalowski wrote: > Am Montag 07 Dezember 2009 schrieb Tom: > > So, any news on this? > > I 'fixed' it by removing radeon from initramfs, but as has been > > pointed out, thats not really a solution!? > > > HI guys, > This kms firmware issue revealed a b

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-12 Thread Tobias Powalowski
Am Freitag 11 Dezember 2009 schrieb Tobias Powalowski: > Am Freitag 11 Dezember 2009 schrieb Tobias Powalowski: > > Am Montag 07 Dezember 2009 schrieb Tom: > > > So, any news on this? > > > I 'fixed' it by removing radeon from initramfs, but as has been pointed > > > out, thats not really a solutio

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-11 Thread Tobias Powalowski
Am Freitag 11 Dezember 2009 schrieb Tobias Powalowski: > Am Montag 07 Dezember 2009 schrieb Tom: > > So, any news on this? > > I 'fixed' it by removing radeon from initramfs, but as has been pointed > > out, thats not really a solution!? > Please get files from bugreport http://bugs.archlinux.org

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-11 Thread Tobias Powalowski
Am Montag 07 Dezember 2009 schrieb Tom: > So, any news on this? > I 'fixed' it by removing radeon from initramfs, but as has been pointed > out, thats not really a solution!? > HI guys, This kms firmware issue revealed a bug in initcpio and firmware handling. Would you mind to test a fix for the

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-08 Thread Smith Dhumbumroong
On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:33:12 +0100 Sven-Hendrik Haase wrote: > On 08.12.2009 11:13, Xavier wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 6:52 AM, David C. Rankin > > wrote: > > > >> On Monday 07 December 2009 09:05:18 and regarding: > >> > >>> I'm confirming this as well. Mine fails at radeon/R200_c

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-08 Thread Sven-Hendrik Haase
On 08.12.2009 11:13, Xavier wrote: > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 6:52 AM, David C. Rankin > wrote: > >> On Monday 07 December 2009 09:05:18 and regarding: >> >>> I'm confirming this as well. Mine fails at radeon/R200_cp.bin, though. >>> Loading in rc.conf works alright but the GPU appears to ge

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-08 Thread Xavier
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 6:52 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: > On Monday 07 December 2009 09:05:18 and regarding: >> I'm confirming this as well. Mine fails at radeon/R200_cp.bin, though. >> Loading in rc.conf works alright but the GPU appears to get very hot. I >> have no diode on it but it just tries

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-07 Thread David C. Rankin
On Monday 07 December 2009 09:05:18 and regarding: > I'm confirming this as well. Mine fails at radeon/R200_cp.bin, though. > Loading in rc.conf works alright but the GPU appears to get very hot. I > have no diode on it but it just tries to burn a hole through my laptop. > Again, KMS performance is

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-07 Thread Tobias Powalowski
Am Montag 07 Dezember 2009 schrieb Tom K: > Tom K wrote: > > Thomas Bächler wrote: > >> Gabriel Morrison Lima Dantas schrieb: > >>> Removing radeon from initramfs and putting it in MODULES section of > >>> rc.conf > >>> solves the problem. > >> > >> Hm, I hope you are happy this way until we know w

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-07 Thread Thomas Bächler
Tom K schrieb: The requirement here is that firmware-dependent modules are loaded after the udev hook has been run i.e. after udevd starts. A simple solution, based on the one in the forum thread, would be a hook called e.g. fwmodules, where modules with this requirement are specified. Alterna

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-07 Thread Tom K
Tom K wrote: Thomas Bächler wrote: Gabriel Morrison Lima Dantas schrieb: Removing radeon from initramfs and putting it in MODULES section of rc.conf solves the problem. Hm, I hope you are happy this way until we know what's going on ... the problem is certainly not that the firmware is not

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-07 Thread Sven-Hendrik Haase
On 07.12.2009 05:54, David C. Rankin wrote: > On Saturday 05 December 2009 08:51:23 and regarding: > >> Hi, I installed kernel26 and kernel26-firmware from testing, and I'm >> experiencing some problems with KMS. During system initialization, the >> system requests the firmware radeon/R300_cp.bi

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-07 Thread Tom
So, any news on this? I 'fixed' it by removing radeon from initramfs, but as has been pointed out, thats not really a solution!?

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-06 Thread David C. Rankin
On Saturday 05 December 2009 08:51:23 and regarding: > Hi, I installed kernel26 and kernel26-firmware from testing, and I'm > experiencing some problems with KMS. During system initialization, the > system requests the firmware radeon/R300_cp.bin, waits a couple of seconds > and then proceeds norma

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-06 Thread Tom K
Thomas Bächler wrote: Gabriel Morrison Lima Dantas schrieb: Removing radeon from initramfs and putting it in MODULES section of rc.conf solves the problem. Hm, I hope you are happy this way until we know what's going on ... the problem is certainly not that the firmware is not put in initra

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-05 Thread Gabriel Morrison Lima Dantas
Hmm... strange... but it's fine the way it is :) Thanks 2009/12/5 Thomas Bächler > Gabriel Morrison Lima Dantas schrieb: > >> Removing radeon from initramfs and putting it in MODULES section of >> rc.conf >> solves the problem. >> > > Hm, I hope you are happy this way until we know what's going

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-05 Thread Thomas Bächler
Gabriel Morrison Lima Dantas schrieb: Removing radeon from initramfs and putting it in MODULES section of rc.conf solves the problem. Hm, I hope you are happy this way until we know what's going on ... the problem is certainly not that the firmware is not put in initramfs, but something else

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-05 Thread Gabriel Morrison Lima Dantas
Removing radeon from initramfs and putting it in MODULES section of rc.conf solves the problem. 2009/12/5 Thomas Bächler > Gabriel Morrison Lima Dantas schrieb: > > Hi, I installed kernel26 and kernel26-firmware from testing, and I'm >> experiencing some problems with KMS. During system initial

Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-05 Thread Thomas Bächler
Gabriel Morrison Lima Dantas schrieb: Hi, I installed kernel26 and kernel26-firmware from testing, and I'm experiencing some problems with KMS. During system initialization, the system requests the firmware radeon/R300_cp.bin, waits a couple of seconds and then proceeds normal initialization. But

[arch-general] Kernel 2.6.32 and Radeon KMS

2009-12-05 Thread Gabriel Morrison Lima Dantas
Hi, I installed kernel26 and kernel26-firmware from testing, and I'm experiencing some problems with KMS. During system initialization, the system requests the firmware radeon/R300_cp.bin, waits a couple of seconds and then proceeds normal initialization. But when I log into X, DRI isn't enabled. C