Bug#461649: Image shakes and shivers when content changes with Radeon RV100 QY (Radeon 7000/VE)

[Michel Dänzer]

On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 19:08 -0500, Stephen Benoit (Linux) wrote:
> 
> 1. Tests under xserver-xorg unstable:
> 
> At first, I had the shaking/shivering problem under load, but it was less
> pronounced (about 1-2 pixel horizontal movement).  Settings that seem to
> help:
> 
> Option "SWCursor" "on"
> Option "AGPMode" "1"

How about Option "DisplayPriority" "HIGH" (or "BIOS")?


> Section "Extensions"
>     Option "Composite" "disable"
> EndSection

That's not likely directly related to the problem.


> 2. Trying the git version of xf86-video-ati:
> 
> Building from source required the xorg macros:
> % git-clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/util/macros

These are available in the xutils-dev package.


> Now that the source building dependencies are satisfied, The autogen.sh
> script works fine, but the CARD64 type used in radeon_crtc.c was
> undefined.  Combing through /usr/include/{X11,xorg} this seems to be
> conditionally defined in X11/Xmd.h.  My solution?  "typedef unsigned long
> CARD64;" in radeon_crtc.c.  

unsigned long is only 32 bits on 32 bit platforms, you'd need unsigned
long long.

Does CARD64 get defined if you #include <X11/Xmd.h> explicitly in
radeon_crtc.c?


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