[Xorg-driver-geode] Geode 2.10.1 driver on OLPC / was Geode 2.9.0 driver on OLPC

Jean-Claude Gervais jc.gervais at videotron.ca
Sun Aug 31 15:50:03 PDT 2008


Hello,

	I've updated to driver version 2.10.1 and it still does the same thing;
the screen oscillates from white to grey with dark splotches.

	I can VNC into the machine and the display is fine there.

Here is my xorg.conf, if you have anything I can try please post

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Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Screen0"
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "fake"
        Driver      "void"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
	FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"i2c"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"dri"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc104"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"            "/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"          "ImPS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"   "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Geode"
#	Driver		"fbdev"
       Driver          "geode"
#	Option		"UseFBDev"           "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier  "DCON"
        HorizSync   30-67
        VertRefresh 48-52 
        DisplaySize 152 114
        Mode "1200x900"
                DotClock 57.275
                HTimings 1200 1208 1216 1240
                VTimings 900 905 908 912
                Flags    "-HSync" "-VSync"
        EndMode
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Geode"
        Monitor    "DCON"
        DefaultDepth 16

        SubSection "Display"
                Depth   16
                Modes   "1200x900"
        EndSubSection
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "ATKbd"
        Driver      "evdev"
        
        Option      "Name"          "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
        Option      "evBits"        "+1"
        Option      "keyBits"       "~1-255 ~352-511"
        Option      "Pass"          "2"

        Option      "XkbModel"      "olpc"
        Option      "XkbLayout"     "us"
        Option      "XkbVariant"     "olpc"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard"
        Driver      "evdev"
        
        Option      "evBits"        "+1"
        Option      "keyBits"       "~1-115 ~117-255"
        Option      "Pass"          "3"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Mouse"
        Driver          "evdev"

        Option          "evBits"        "+1-2"
        Option          "keyBits"       "~272-287"
        Option          "relBits"       "~0-2 ~6 ~8"
        Option          "Pass"          "3"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "GS"
        Driver          "evdev"

        Option          "name"          "OLPC ALPS GlideSensor"
        Option          "evBits"        "+1 +3"
        Option          "keyBits"       "~272-287"
        Option          "absBits"       "~0-2 ~24"
        Option          "Pass"          "2"
        Option          "Mode"          "Relative"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "PT"
        Driver          "evdev"

        Option          "name"          "OLPC ALPS PenTablet"
        Option          "evBits"        "+1 +3"
        Option          "keyBits"       "~272-287"
        Option          "absBits"       "~0-2 ~24"
        Option          "Pass"          "2"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection

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On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 16:00 -0400, Jean-Claude Gervais wrote:
> (view monospaced for best results)
> 
> Hello, I am trying to run the Geode driver on this hardware:
> 
> 00:01.1 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Geode LX
> Video (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> 	Subsystem: National Semiconductor Corporation Device 0030
> 	Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel, IRQ 14
> 	Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
> 	Memory at fe000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> 	Memory at fe004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> 	Memory at fe008000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> 	Memory at fe00c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> 	Kernel driver in use: lxfb
> 
> kernel      Gentoo 2.6.26-r1
> xorg-x11              7.3
> xorg-server         1.4.2
> libX11              1.1.4
> xf86-input-evdev    2.0.2
> xf86-input-keyboard 1.3.1
> xf86-input-mouse    1.3.0
> xf86-video-cirrus   1.2.1
> xf86-video-fbdev    0.4.0
> xf86-video-geode    2.9.0

> Using xorgfcg to get a preliminary xorg.conf, the geode driver is
> selected/detected, but when I try testing the configuration (X -config
> xorg.conf.new), the screen goes white, then grey blotches start forming
> at the edges and over the space of a few seconds the screen becomes
> mottled grey-black... 
> 
> If I edit xorg.conf.new and change the Device section Driver from
> "geode" to
> "fbdev", the configuration works, but I'd like to use the acceleration!
> 
> Any advice welcome, thank you for taking the time to read this.



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