Radeon/PowerPC: No video output after update 6.12.1 -> 6.12.99; 6.12.192

[Alex Deucher]

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Albrecht Dreß <albrecht.dress at arcor.de> wrote:
> Am 23.04.10 21:58 schrieb(en) Alex Deucher:
>>
>> Mac's don't have connector tables in their bioses like x86 boards, so we
>> have to hard code them based on how they are wired up per board. That
>> MacModel option just hardcodes connector tables the same way the
>> ConnectorTable option does.  It's just easier to specify the mac model than
>> to specify a ConnectorTable string.  I doubt they will be useful in your
>> case, since they are just arbitrary combinations of encoders, connectors,
>> and ddc channels corresponding to a specific machine which may or may not be
>> similar to your particular board.
>
> O.k., I now tried to use one of the half-way working "MacModel" options plus
> a hard-coded monitor modeline as in the good old days, and now I at least
> *have* an output in 1280x1024 with the accelerated driver!  However, there
> are still several issues:
>
> - Switching to a text console doesn't work.  Hit <crtl><alt><f1>, and the
> well-known green shades/blue line appear.  Switching to any other console or
> back to X doesn't work, no chance to get video working again but a reboot.
> - Only XAA acceleration works properly; with EXA some colours seem to be
> "mixed" or "missing" (like less red and more blue) resulting in weird icons.
>  Maybe a different colour order?
> - Both Xine and VLC show an effect as if the pixel order is reversed (like a
> PowerPC/endianess issue) if Xv output is used.  The ssllooww X11 video
> output on VLC works properly.  This effect is not present with the frame
> buffer driver.
> - In the Xine splash screen, I see two thin lines of very bright, flickering
> green pixels.  never saw that before.
>
> Any ideas?

Can you attach your xorg log with that option specified?

Alex

>
> Thanks,
> Albrecht.
>
>
> P.S.: here's the xorg.conf I use:
>
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
>        Driver          "radeon"
>        Option          "AccelMethod"   "XAA"
>        Option          "MacModel"      "mini-internal"
> EndSection
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier      "Formac TFT"
>        Modeline        "1280x1024"     91.21  1280 1310 1410 1432  1024 1028
> 1034 1062 -hsync -vsync -csync
> EndSection
> Section "Screen"
>        Identifier      "Default Screen"
>        Monitor         "Formac TFT"
>        Device          "Configured Video Device"
>        DefaultDepth    24
>        SubSection      "Display"
>                Depth   24
>                Modes   "1280x1024"
>        EndSubSection
> EndSection
> Section "ServerLayout"
>        Identifier      "Default Layout"
>        Screen          "Default Screen"
> EndSection
>