Make the r128 driver work without fbdev

[Alex Deucher]

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:23:31 -0600, David Stanaway <david at stanaway.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 15:26 -0500, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:16:10 -0600, David Stanaway <david at stanaway.net> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 13:34 -0500, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:28:49 -0600, David Stanaway <david at stanaway.net> wrote:
> > > > > I applied the 2 patches (Needed to mess around with a few rejected
> > > > > chunks), and I needed to remove one more call from r128_driver.c to
> > > > > vgaHWGetIOBase
> > > > >
> > > > > Here is the config, log and xdpyinfo output
> > > > >
> > > > > http://sprocket.stanaway.net/~david/xorg/
> > > > >
> > > > > I have not tested dual head yet, will do soon, but single head with
> > > > > VGAAccess and UseFBDev set to false works.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > great! glad to hear it.  Let me know how dualhead goes.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At the above url, there is a screenshot (Very vanilla!) and
> > > xorg.conf-dualhead
> > >
> > > It works :)
> > >
> > > I have some unrelated issues with xkeyboard map etc. My powerbook
> > > keyboard isn't handled very well, but this is great! Thanks a bunch.
> > >
> > > There is also a diff for the ati driver dir from the 6.8.1 release that
> > > I built.
> > >
> >
> > Awesome!  thanks for testing.  could you try changing the mode on
> > crtc2 (ie, ctrl-alt-+/-) ?  I haven't been able to get crtc2 to change
> > modes properly.  the workaround is to change the mode then switch to
> > another VT, then switch back.
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I still am not having any luck with the keyboard map at the moment (So
> no C-A-+/-), but changing the geometry with the xrandr extension (Using
> the gnome-randr-applet) works fine.
> 

hmmm... I wonder if my hardware is just funky...

> This I tested  without xinerama, and with Option Display "CRT"
> 
> When running like this, the lcd contains some junk, I am not sure if
> this is a problem.

The Display option probably needs to be reworked a bit to work right
with the dualhead code.  I'll sort that out and post an updated patch
soon.

Alex

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> David Stanaway <david at stanaway.net>
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