Problems Testing New Radeon Code

[Mike Lothian]

2009/5/7 Mike Lothian <mike at fireburn.co.uk>:
> 2009/5/6 Jerome Glisse <glisse at freedesktop.org>:
>> On Sun, 2009-05-03 at 21:06 +0100, Mike Lothian wrote:
>>> 2009/5/2 Jerome Glisse <glisse at freedesktop.org>:
>>> > On Sat, 2009-05-02 at 07:35 +0100, Mike Lothian wrote:
>>> >> 2009/5/2 Jerome Glisse <glisse at freedesktop.org>:
>>> >> > On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 20:59 +0100, Mike Lothian wrote:
>>> >> >> Hi there
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I've had a few issues testing the new radeon code and rather than do
>>> >> >> all this through comments on a blog I thought the mailing lists would
>>> >> >> be better
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I've attached the above logs
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> X doesn't start with KMS (KMS works during boot)
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> with radeon.modeset=0 being passed but playing a video full screen or
>>> >> >> activating kwin compositing makes the session unusable
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> The proof attachment shows what branches and where head was at during
>>> >> >> compile time
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Cheers
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Mike
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Quick guess you are missing DRI2 bits, either too old xserver (need 1.6
>>> >> > at least) or no dri2 proto installed. Still i don't understand what
>>> >> > you mean by radeon.modeset=0, with radeon.modeset=0 everythings should
>>> >> > work as with no kms (ie it use old code path which should be more or
>>> >> > less what you already have).
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Cheers,
>>> >> > Jerome Glisse
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >> My whole xorg stack is the latest git head my Xorg.0.log should confirm that
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > Still X tries to initialize DRI1 instead of DRI2 the cause is likely
>>> > because Xserver is not compiled with DRI2 enabled (i thought it was
>>> > default). I will hack ddx to fail if Xserver tries to initialize DRI1
>>> > when in KMS mode.
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > Jerome Glisse
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>> If you look in the Xorg log you can see that dri2 is loaded
>>>
>>
>> I am working on ironing out a lockup, once i am done with that i will
>> update ddx to give more information on where it fails and why. Note
>> that my ddx may not work with lastest Xserver from git (i am using
>> 1.6 or 1.6.1) i will update ddx bits too once i am done with fixing
>> more urgent bug in this WIP code.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jerome Glisse
>>
>>
>
> Ah that'll probably be the issue. I've been using pure git head for
> the entire Xorg stack
>
> Just give me a shot when it's ready to text
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike
>

The patch on your blog seems to get X started. However it looks like
kdm is loaded but normally my box auto logs on

I'll check when I get back next week

Mike