rv630 + dri on = massive corruption

[Alex Deucher]

2009/9/9 Jesús Guerrero <i92guboj at terra.es>:
> Hello,
>
> The radeon driver doesn't seem to work for me at all, I hope
> you can give me at least some guidance.
>
> I used these instructions:
>  http://wiki.x.org/wiki/radeonhd%3Aexperimental_3D
>
> DRI seems to be the default, but when I enable it, I get this
> result (same if I remove my xorg.conf):
>  http://jesgue.homelinux.org/screenshots/Xorg.0.log_xorg.conf_DRI-ON.jpg
>
> This is how it looks when I implicitly disable DRI in my xorg.conf:
>  http://jesgue.homelinux.org/screenshots/Xorg.0.log_xorg.conf_DRI-ON.jpg
>
> In all cases I used *exactly the same* xorg.conf file, only changing
> the DRI line on/off. I can't use X unless I explicitly disable DRI
> in my xorg.conf. However, it's just visual junk, I know that the wm
> is working because I can use its keybindings to close X gracefully.
>
> The X pointer works ok and I can move and see it without a problem,
> however even the few parts of the windows that are visible are
> completely dead, I can't interact with then in a visual way. It's
> completely unusable, only garbage appears on the screen (except for
> the mouse pointer, that is).
>
> The card:
>  01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV630 PRO AGP
> [Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP]
>
> I attach three logs: without xorg.conf, with xorg.conf(dri on),
> and with the same xorg.conf(but dri off). I also attach my
> current xorg.conf file for radeon.
>
> Thanks for reading and for any help you can provide. If you need
> more info, please, just let me know.

The problem is that you have an AGP card.  Try adjusting the AGP
aperture size in the bios.  if that doesn't work, you can try using
the internal gart rather than AGP.  Add:
Option "BusType" "PCIE"
to the device section of your xorg config.

Alex