[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1160903] Re: Please re-patch 215_glx_drawable_refcounting.diff for precise (12.04)

2013-04-16 Thread ojordan
Currentlty I'm favouring patch4. Possible random crashes maybe with patch3. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1160903 Title: Please re-patch

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1160903] Re: Please re-patch 215_glx_drawable_refcounting.diff for precise (12.04)

2013-04-10 Thread ojordan
Sorry about the delay, I've been trying to figure out if there is a difference between the performance of the two patches. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1160903 Title:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1160903] Re: Please re-patch 215_glx_drawable_refcounting.diff for precise (12.04)

2013-04-10 Thread ojordan
Right, the above patches should be correct now (he says hopefully). I don't know which is the best to use. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1160903 Title: Please re-patch

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1160903] Re: Please re-patch 215_glx_drawable_refcounting.diff for precise (12.04)

2013-04-10 Thread ojordan
Do I need to raise an explicit SRU request or is this bug report good enough? ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1160903] Re: Please re-patch 215_glx_drawable_refcounting.diff for precise (12.04)

2013-04-10 Thread ojordan
Okay, stupid question alert - how do I assign 'canonical-x' because it won't let me? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1160903 Title: Please re-patch

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1160903] Re: Please re-patch 215_glx_drawable_refcounting.diff for precise (12.04)

2013-04-10 Thread ojordan
This patch removes commit b5093063b5d76ff31519a2daf85ea32808f1afe6 and replaces it with the old 215_glx_drawable_refcounting.diff ** Attachment added: patch3 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1160903/+attachment/3637039/+files/patch3 ** Bug watch added:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1160903] Re: Please re-patch 215_glx_drawable_refcounting.diff for precise (12.04)

2013-04-10 Thread ojordan
This should be basically the patch here https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28181#c40 ** Attachment added: patch4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1160903/+attachment/3637040/+files/patch4 ** Patch removed: Remove upstream commit and re-apply

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1160903] Re: Please re-patch 215_glx_drawable_refcounting.diff for precise (12.04)

2013-03-28 Thread ojordan
Apologies, reviewing those patches I seem to have sucked in a random nouveau line or two. I'll check them some more and re-submit. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1160903

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1160903] Re: Please re-patch 215_glx_drawable_refcounting.diff for precise (12.04)

2013-03-27 Thread ojordan
** Attachment added: Remove upstream commit and re-apply 215_glx_drawable_refcounting.diff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1160903/+attachment/3600793/+files/patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1160903] [NEW] Please re-patch 215_glx_drawable_refcounting.diff for precise (12.04)

2013-03-27 Thread ojordan
Public bug reported: Hello, This bug affects oneiric and precise. Previous versions of Ubuntu used to carry a patch 215_glx_drawable_refcounting.diff . This came about because of this upstream bug report https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28181 . The patch was removed in oneiric

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1160903] Re: Please re-patch 215_glx_drawable_refcounting.diff for precise (12.04)

2013-03-27 Thread ojordan
** Attachment added: Log of a crash https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1160903/+attachment/3600792/+files/Xorg.0.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1160903] Re: Please re-patch 215_glx_drawable_refcounting.diff for precise (12.04)

2013-03-27 Thread ojordan
** Attachment added: Refreshed comment 40 patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1160903/+attachment/3600794/+files/patch2 ** Tags added: precise ** Tags added: oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1160903] Re: Please re-patch 215_glx_drawable_refcounting.diff for precise (12.04)

2013-03-27 Thread ojordan
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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 946677] Re: UMS dri support missing for r200

2013-03-27 Thread ojordan
I opened a new bug about the kwin crashing with patches to fix it here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1160903 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/946677

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1125908] Re: System freeze with radeon driver on G4 AGP Graphics

2013-03-13 Thread ojordan
PowerPC + radeon + Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) has problems with AGP. If you force pci mode radeon.agpmode=-1 does this help? Userspace mode setting with radeon was dropped after Ubuntu 12.04/Debian wheezy so you have to use KMS in 12.10 onwards. KMS on PowerPC is something that really needs

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1052619] Re: Yellow title bars on PowerPC with radeon KMS

2013-03-13 Thread ojordan
I just tried Xubuntu without the composting manager and see this problem also. The only exception is the terminal program which has the correct colours. If I disable the composite extension in an xorg.conf then this also has messed up colours. Some sort of endian problem in the radeon driver?

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1125908] Re: System freeze with radeon driver on G4 AGP Graphics

2013-03-13 Thread ojordan
I also should add that in addition to this problem, there are a few colour issues with radeon KMS. A lot of fixes have gone in, and it is much better than it was, but last time I tried I was still getting this https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video- ati/+bug/1052619 . If

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058641] Re: No devices detected radeon regression

2012-10-28 Thread ojordan
@John thanks that's another confirmation of this bug. Unity/compiz won't work with the fbdev xorg driver (...or more correctly it is supposed to work with llvmpipe, but there are still issues). If you want to try KMS which may work with unity then you can define an xorg.conf like I did

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058641] Re: No devices detected radeon regression

2012-10-23 Thread ojordan
Bug 1066435 is what I referred to in post 24. Turns out it was a problem with the snd-powermac module. 2blue, I think you just needed to use ctrl-alt-f1 to get to a command login prompt. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058641] Re: No devices detected radeon regression

2012-10-12 Thread ojordan
There seems to be a new problem - the kernel is currently screwed when using KMS. It won't even boot. I think this is the problem you were hitting 2blue. A serious regression just at the end of testing. I don't think 12.10 should be released in this state.you can only stretch workarounds

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1061790] Re: misbehaving X on quantal ppc w/ nvidia geforce fx go5200

2012-10-05 Thread ojordan
Also, you haven't turned off just 3d acceleration, but ALL acceleration from what I understand. To turn off 3d you'd have to disable DRI or turn off AIGLX so that the software rasteriser is used. Something like that anyway. I think your problem is possibly EXA related, but FYI if you wish you

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058641] Re: No devices detected radeon regression

2012-10-04 Thread ojordan
@Ron thanks that confirms my problem in that the radeon card is not detected and the Xorg server is not starting. It seems for you, additionally, the radeondrmfb is not working correctly (hence the blank screen). @2blue thanks for trying to help out, but those logs have nothing to do with this

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058753] Re: Radeon driver nolonger works on PowerPC without drm

2012-10-04 Thread ojordan
** Tags removed: precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058753 Title: Radeon driver nolonger works on PowerPC without drm To manage notifications about this

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1061790] Re: misbehaving X on quantal ppc w/ nvidia geforce fx go5200

2012-10-04 Thread ojordan
It's probably worth pointing out that you had to define an xorg.conf because you got No devices detected in the Xorg.0.log. A similar problem to what is currently happening to some (all?) radeon cards with PowerPC at the moment since the latest update to the radeon driver - bug 1058641 . -- You

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058641] Re: No devices detected radeon regression

2012-10-04 Thread ojordan
@2blue I don't understand. Either you have mis-typed or there is something weird happening with your foreign keyboard. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058641

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058641] Re: No devices detected radeon regression

2012-10-03 Thread ojordan
@2blue, the boot parameter is 'video=ofonly', not offonly. The radeon xorg driver will only work in 12.10 on PowerPC if you disable the radeonfb framebuffer. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058641] Re: No devices detected radeon regression

2012-10-03 Thread ojordan
Please post your Xorg.0.log (in the /var/log directory) when using the video=ofonly parameter. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058641 Title: No devices

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058753] Re: Radeon driver nolonger works on PowerPC without drm

2012-10-02 Thread ojordan
Maarten, thanks for the comment, although I am not sure I follow it (!) I know UMS has been dropped. I know it is never coming back. And I'm not suggesting for one minute that it should (the last version of radeon with UMS was largely broken from what I can gather). I just need confirmation

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058641] Re: No devices detected radeon regression

2012-10-02 Thread ojordan
@wxl and lars. You are not understanding this bug report. video=radeonfb:1024x768-32 etc is using the fbdev driver. It is not using the radeon xorg driver. If you are on PowerPC and you want to test for this bug then you need to turn off radeonfb using the video=ofonly (or video=radeonfb:off).

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058641] Re: No devices detected radeon regression

2012-10-01 Thread ojordan
Note, in all the logs I've disabled the radeonfb framebuffer (still built in on PowerPC) to allow KMS. You do this either via the video=ofonly or video=radeonfb:off boot parameters on PowerPC. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058641] Re: No devices detected radeon regression

2012-10-01 Thread ojordan
Another thing that is possibly worth a mention is if I don't have the line: BusID PCI:0:16:0 then the computer seems to freeze. (Obviously the value you write is computer dependant) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058753] Re: Radeon driver nolonger works without drm

2012-09-30 Thread ojordan
In the 12.04 Xorg.0.log I have the line [39.624] (II) RADEON(0): Color tiling enabled by default If it was using KMS then it should be (*I think*) something like ths: [98.582] (II) RADEON(0): KMS Color Tiling: disabled [98.582] (II) RADEON(0): KMS Pageflipping: enabled This is why

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1056762] Re: No desktop after installation via PPC Lubuntu Alternate CD

2012-09-29 Thread ojordan
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1044180 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1044180 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1044180 Screen Freeze on Bootup - Lubuntu 12.10 PPC Alternate Aug 30 Build -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X,

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058641] [NEW] No devices detected radeon regression

2012-09-29 Thread ojordan
Public bug reported: Testing the quantal daily/live ISOs I've noticed a regression with the radeon driver. The last ISO I tested was from the 19th of Sept and that was fine. Yesterdays live/desktop ISO (28/9/2012) fails to start the Xorg server. It reports that no devices are detected.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058641] Re: No devices detected radeon regression

2012-09-29 Thread ojordan
** Attachment added: No xorg.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058641/+attachment/3355290/+files/Xorg.0.log-no-xorg-conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058641] Re: No devices detected radeon regression

2012-09-29 Thread ojordan
** Attachment added: With xorg.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/1058641/+attachment/3355291/+files/Xorg.0.log-with-xorg-conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058641] Re: No devices detected radeon regression

2012-09-29 Thread ojordan
Just for completeness I'll add the Xorg.0.log using the previous version of the ati/radeon driver. It boots fine without any xorg.conf. ** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log-6.99.99~git20120713.6ef1ad6a-0ubuntu1

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058753] [NEW] Radeon driver nolonger works without drm

2012-09-29 Thread ojordan
Public bug reported: Hi, I'm trying to find out the best radeon setup for PowerPC in quantal and need some advice! The PowerPC kernel is currently setup with KMS enabled, BUT the legacy framebuffer radeonfb is still built in. Although this is obviously not an ideal setup it seemed to work okay

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058753] Re: Radeon driver nolonger works without drm

2012-09-29 Thread ojordan
Under 12.04: dmesg | grep drm [ 38.849798] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 [ 39.102286] [drm] radeon defaulting to kernel modesetting. [ 39.102301] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled. ** Attachment added: 12.04 default Xorg.0.log

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058753] Re: Radeon driver nolonger works without drm

2012-09-29 Thread ojordan
** Attachment added: 12.10 Xorg.0.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/1058753/+attachment/3356097/+files/Xorg.0.log-default -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058753] Re: Radeon driver nolonger works without drm

2012-09-29 Thread ojordan
Looking at the various logs that are spread out over the various bug reports I'm guessing that under 12.04 the radeon driver was using UMS despite it saying it was using KMS. Once somebody with expertise can confirm this then we can push to have the kernel config and PowerPC boot message updated

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058753] Re: Radeon driver nolonger works without drm

2012-09-29 Thread ojordan
** Description changed: Hi, I'm trying to find out the best radeon setup for PowerPC in quantal and need some advice! The PowerPC kernel is currently setup with KMS enabled, BUT the legacy framebuffer radeonfb is still built in. Although this is obviously not an ideal setup it seemed

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1046951] Re: No desktop environment or window manager, just X with the mouse

2012-09-17 Thread ojordan
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1040526 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040526 Most of these comments refer to Bug #1040526 and as such I'm making it a duplicate of that bug. There are known and working solutions for the live/desktop ISOs (although a change to the kernel config and

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1046951] Re: No desktop environment or window manager, just X with the mouse

2012-09-16 Thread ojordan
Not just a ubiquity problem. I notice the network applet windows do something similar. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1046951 Title: No desktop environment or

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1046951] Re: No desktop environment or window manager, just X with the mouse

2012-09-14 Thread ojordan
The radeon driver no longer supports UMS. Because of the current PowerPC kernel config (radeonfb is built in) KMS drm cannot be activated. You are falling back to the fbdev driver in 8 bit mode (hence the poor colors). One way to activate KMS is using the video=ofonly parameter (this disables

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1046951] Re: No desktop environment or window manager, just X with the mouse

2012-09-14 Thread ojordan
I'm not sure why ubiquity can't cope with 8 bit colours.possibly something that might be worth looking into? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1046951 Title:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1046951] Re: No desktop environment or window manager, just X with the mouse

2012-09-14 Thread ojordan
This is the bug for ubiquity https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1040544 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1046951 Title: No desktop

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 946677] Re: UMS dri support missing for r200

2012-06-30 Thread ojordan
I've found a better way to deal with the unmiminising crashing with Kwin. In System Settings Desktop Effects Advanced there is a settng for Keep window thumbnails. If you change that to Always (Breaks minimization) then it cures the crashing. It still allows minimistation, but (from a bit of

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 946677] Re: UMS dri support missing for r200

2012-06-29 Thread ojordan
For anybody experiencing these problems: To overcome the resize crashings I used the plugins to draw a rectangle instead of the 'normal' resize mode. The unminimising crashes can be overcome in kwin by creating a rule to disable minimising. This is not so extreme as it sounds - I believe gnome

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 946677] Re: UMS dri support missing for r200

2012-06-28 Thread ojordan
Argh.kwin had gone to Xrender. Sigh. Just resizing windows in kwin and compiz is now causing crashings. Things are getting worse! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/946677

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 946677] Re: UMS dri support missing for r200

2012-06-27 Thread ojordan
Hi Tormod and Bryce, thanks for the interest in this. Sorry I've been a bit long getting back to you about this - I don't check this email address often enough!! I don't know if I can help much with the details of the mesa-legacy package setup, but I am always up for testing stuff. Is it

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 946677] Re: UMS dri support missing for r200

2012-03-06 Thread ojordan
Thanks Robert for the qick reply! Is this a can't fix/won't fix situation then? I remember reading on phoronix ( http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=OTg0Mg ) that large chunks of code were being deleted, is this the case with r200? Or is it possible for the user just to tweak some

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 946677] Re: UMS dri support missing for r200

2012-03-04 Thread ojordan
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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 946677] [NEW] UMS dri support missing for r200

2012-03-04 Thread ojordan
Public bug reported: Hi, I'm currently testing 12.04 on my PowerPC iBook. It is reverting to the software rasterizer. Here is the relevant bit of the xorg log: [29.603] (II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable [29.603] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 [29.603]