Re: XF86 config Problem - Redhat 9

[Barry Warsaw <barry python org>]

On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 03:32 AM, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> On Mon, 26 May 2003, Barry Warsaw wrote:
>
> > > What is in rawhide is what will go into an official update at
> > > some point.  The patches you are refering to *are* in rawhide,
> > > and have been for quite some time.
> >
> > I can't ftp into rawhide right now (too many users), but 4.3.0-10 
> > still
> > had the problem w/o Alex's updated radeon driver.  If that patch is in
> > a new XFree86 on rawhide that I can't see at the moment, excellent, 
> > and
> > thank you.
>
> I'm refering to the cursor-crossing-the-screen in Xinerama
> causing the monitor to go into powersaving mode.  That patch is
> definitely in rawhide, and is confirmed working by many RHL
> users.
>
> If you're refering to another different patch, then I've
> misunderstood.  Can you clarify what patch you are talking about?

I guess I'm confused as to exactly which patches "fixes the problem".  
But here's the deal, at least for me, and I think a few other (most? 
all?) dual-head radeon users:

4.3.0-10 does indeed stop the "cursor crossing screen causes monitor to 
go into power save mode" problem, but it swapped that problem for the 
"mirror/clone mode cannot be turned off" problem.  Installing Alex's 
radeon_dvr.o into 4.3.0-10 fixes the mirror/clone problem but leaves 
the h/w acceleration in 2D to be disabled[1].  Downgrading back to 
4.3.0-2 (i.e. what comes with stock RH9) and installing Alex's 
radeon_dvr.o fixes all three of these problems.

-Barry

[1] I'm not claiming it's Alex's driver that causes h/w acceleration to 
be disabled, but it's the combination 4.3.0-10 + the new radeon_drv.o 
that I tested.