Problems with xf86-video-ati-6.7.195 - colours sometimes lost.

Halim Issa yallaone at gmail.com
Sun Nov 11 05:40:47 PST 2007


Hello,

I recently upgraded to the ati driver 6.7.195 on a Linux-system running kernel 
2.6.23.1 and KDE 3.5.8. Distribution: Slackware (-current) on an HP Compaq 
nc4000 laptop with ATI Technologies Inc RS200/RS200M AGP Bridge [IGP 340M].

The Problem: The system appears to have only 16 colours, so that the display 
looks as if I took a grey filter and put in front of the screen. 
In console mode (Ctrl-Alt-F6) colours etc are both sharp and fine all the 
time.

The Quirk: If I hold the "closed-laptop-lid"-detection button down when X 
starts, it comes up with correct colour-settings as it should. However, when 
I switch virtual terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F6 and back) it goes back to the bleak 
colours.

I have tried this on multiple kernels with the same problem. Also, since it 
sometimes works (with the laptop-lid-workaround described above), I suspect 
it's not a config problem. The previous driver I ran, 6.6.192 worked just 
fine.

Unfortunately I am quite new at this, so I have included as much information 
as possible attached, namely the Xorg.0.log, the xorg.conf and output from 
xdpyinfo. 

If anyone could kindly point me in the right direction where a solution or 
workaround might be documented I would greatly appreciate it. Please let me 
know if the attached information is in any way insufficient and I'll promptly 
send more relevant information.

Thanks in advance!
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Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier "X.org Configured"
  Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
  InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
  InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
  RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
  ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
  FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
  FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
  FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
  FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/"
  FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
  FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
  FontPath "/opt/openoffice.org/share/fonts/truetype/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
  Load "record"
  Load "extmod"
  Load "dbe"
  Load "dri"
  Load "glx"
  Load "xtrap"
  Load "freetype"
  Load "type1"
  Load "GLcore"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier "Keyboard0"
  Driver "kbd"
  Option "XkbLayout" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier "Mouse0"
  Driver "mouse"
  Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
  Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option "Emulate3Buttons"
  Option "Buttons" "7"
  Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier "Monitor0"
  VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
  ModelName "Monitor Model"
  HorizSync 30-92
  VertRefresh 50-85
  DisplaySize 260.096 195.072
  Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier "Card0"
  Driver "ati"
  VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
  BoardName "Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350M"
  BusID	"PCI:1:5:0"
  Option "AGPMode" "4"
  Option "AGPFastWrite" "yes"
  Option "ColorTiling" "on"
  Option "EnablePageFlip" "yes"
  Option "MergedFB" "true"
  Option "MetaModes" "1024x768"
  Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, CRT"
  Option "DynamicClocks" "true"
  Option "BIOSHotkeys" "true"
EndSection

Section "dri"
  Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
  Option "Composite" "Enable
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier "Screen0"
  Device "Card0"
  Monitor "Monitor0"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Viewport 0 0
    Depth 24
    Modes "1024x768"
  EndSubSection
EndSection
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name of display:    :0.0
version number:    11.0
vendor string:    The X.Org Foundation
vendor release number:    10400000
X.Org version: 1.4.0
maximum request size:  16777212 bytes
motion buffer size:  256
bitmap unit, bit order, padding:    32, LSBFirst, 32
image byte order:    LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats:    7
supported pixmap formats:
    depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
    depth 4, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 15, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
    depth 16, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
    depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
    depth 32, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
keycode range:    minimum 8, maximum 255
focus:  window 0x2800007, revert to PointerRoot
number of extensions:    34
    BIG-REQUESTS
    Composite
    DAMAGE
    DEC-XTRAP
    DOUBLE-BUFFER
    DPMS
    Extended-Visual-Information
    GLX
    MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
    MIT-SHM
    MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
    RANDR
    RECORD
    RENDER
    SECURITY
    SGI-GLX
    SHAPE
    SYNC
    TOG-CUP
    X-Resource
    XAccessControlExtension
    XC-APPGROUP
    XC-MISC
    XFIXES
    XFree86-Bigfont
    XFree86-DGA
    XFree86-DRI
    XFree86-Misc
    XFree86-VidModeExtension
    XINERAMA
    XInputExtension
    XKEYBOARD
    XTEST
    XVideo
default screen number:    0
number of screens:    1

screen #0:
  print screen:    no
  dimensions:    1024x768 pixels (270x203 millimeters)
  resolution:    96x96 dots per inch
  depths (7):    24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32
  root window id:    0x57
  depth of root window:    24 planes
  number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1
  default colormap:    0x20
  default number of colormap cells:    256
  preallocated pixels:    black 0, white 16777215
  options:    backing-store NO, save-unders NO
  largest cursor:    64x64
  current input event mask:    0xfa4031
    KeyPressMask             EnterWindowMask          LeaveWindowMask          
    KeymapStateMask          StructureNotifyMask      SubstructureNotifyMask   
    SubstructureRedirectMask FocusChangeMask          PropertyChangeMask       
    ColormapChangeMask       
  number of visuals:    17
  default visual id:  0x23
  visual:
    visual id:    0x23
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x24
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x25
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x26
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x27
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x28
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x29
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x2a
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x2b
    class:    DirectColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x2c
    class:    DirectColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x2d
    class:    DirectColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x2e
    class:    DirectColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x2f
    class:    DirectColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x30
    class:    DirectColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x31
    class:    DirectColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x32
    class:    DirectColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x55
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    32 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits


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