Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-26 Thread Tormod Volden
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Michael Witten wrote: > Because my hardware does appear to be malfunctioning due to a corrupt > video BIOS, it seems prudent to salvage as much as possible from > its output, so that it is possible to figure out which other values > need to be hardcoded in case of f

Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-26 Thread Michael Witten
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 21:51, Tormod Volden wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Michael Witten wrote: >> Because my hardware does appear to be malfunctioning due to a corrupt >> video BIOS, it seems prudent to salvage as much as possible from >> its output, so that it is possible to figure

Re: Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-26 Thread Michael Witten
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 21:51, Tormod Volden wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Michael Witten wrote: >> Because my hardware does appear to be malfunctioning due to a corrupt >> video BIOS, it seems prudent to salvage as much as possible from >> its output, so that it is possible to figure

Re: Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-26 Thread Tormod Volden
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Michael Witten wrote: > Because my hardware does appear to be malfunctioning due to a corrupt > video BIOS, it seems prudent to salvage as much as possible from > its output, so that it is possible to figure out which other values > need to be hardcoded in case of f

Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-21 Thread Michael Witten
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:13:46 -, Michael Witten wrote: > I hope you find this adventure interesting, and I hope you > provide me with some insight. > > Recently, I booted my computer, a Dell Latitude D810 that has a > Radeon Mobility x600 (R300); all systems were waking up as normal: > > * Th

Re: Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-21 Thread Michael Witten
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:13:46 -, Michael Witten wrote: > I hope you find this adventure interesting, and I hope you > provide me with some insight. > > Recently, I booted my computer, a Dell Latitude D810 that has a > Radeon Mobility x600 (R300); all systems were waking up as normal: > > * Th

Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-16 Thread Michael Witten
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 22:25, Alex Deucher wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Michael Witten wrote: >> I hope you find this adventure interesting, and I hope you >> provide me with some insight. >> >> Recently, I booted my computer, a Dell Latitude D810 that has a >> Radeon Mobility x600

Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-15 Thread Alex Deucher
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Michael Witten wrote: > I hope you find this adventure interesting, and I hope you > provide me with some insight. > > Recently, I booted my computer, a Dell Latitude D810 that has a > Radeon Mobility x600 (R300); all systems were waking up as normal: > > ?* The De

Re: Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-15 Thread Michael Witten
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 22:25, Alex Deucher wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Michael Witten wrote: >> I hope you find this adventure interesting, and I hope you >> provide me with some insight. >> >> Recently, I booted my computer, a Dell Latitude D810 that has a >> Radeon Mobility x600

Re: Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-15 Thread Alex Deucher
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Michael Witten wrote: > I hope you find this adventure interesting, and I hope you > provide me with some insight. > > Recently, I booted my computer, a Dell Latitude D810 that has a > Radeon Mobility x600 (R300); all systems were waking up as normal: > >  * The De

Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-12 Thread Michael Witten
I hope you find this adventure interesting, and I hope you provide me with some insight. Recently, I booted my computer, a Dell Latitude D810 that has a Radeon Mobility x600 (R300); all systems were waking up as normal: * The Dell logo popped up in some ancient VGA mode. * The GRUB menu appea

Curious experiences with a Radeon on the fritz

2011-09-12 Thread Michael Witten
I hope you find this adventure interesting, and I hope you provide me with some insight. Recently, I booted my computer, a Dell Latitude D810 that has a Radeon Mobility x600 (R300); all systems were waking up as normal: * The Dell logo popped up in some ancient VGA mode. * The GRUB menu appea