linux-kernel - Re: Weird Xorg radeon mirroring with linux-next-20080515 [paritial bisect]

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Message-ID: <21d7e9970805151618i71ccc581j7e07082bd0b7a8e@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 May 2008 09:18:26 +1000
From:	"Dave Airlie" <airlied@...il.com>
To:	"Sitsofe Wheeler" <sitsofe@...oo.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Weird Xorg radeon mirroring with linux-next-20080515 [paritial bisect]

>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> When using the radeon xorg driver with linux-next-20080515 there is a
>>> strange mirroring/stretching effect in the bottom eighth of the screen.
>>> The problem seems to have started sometime between linux-next-20080513
>>> and linux-next-20080515.
>>>
>>> (Do you always have to have done bisection before reporting
>>> regressions?)
>>>
>>>
>> NO!
>
> Ah, now you tell me : ) It sounded like bisection was what you did if you
> weren't a regular dev and you wanted your bug to get attention. I've
> spent a while trying to bisect this but didn't get all the way. My tests
> make me believe it lies somewhere between commits
> f5fbb15f66bd0a6017e4ca513217e823395502b7 and
> 6a305693b777ecd710107387a9753117a54bcbf9 ...
>
> The problem doesn't manifest directly after Xorg is started after boot -
> it seems to happen a few seconds later while services are still being
> started. Switching to a VT and back can make the problem go away.
>

wierd got any fglrx or anything installed on you're system.. the
radeon drm hasn't seen any changes that should affect this sorta
thing, do you run radeonfb or vesafb?

Dave.
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