Re: 2.6.29-rc3+git macbook pro1,1 garbled display on resume

[Justin P. Mattock]

Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-01-31 at 05:24 -0800, Justin P. Mattock wrote:
>   
> > Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:
> >     
> > > On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 22:44 -0800, Justin P. Mattock wrote:
> > >   
> > >       
> > > > Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:
> > > >     
> > > >         
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > the macbook pro suspends just fine, but even though the machine returns
> > > > > to X I see on resume some random garbled output but can still move the
> > > > > mouse cursor (which is OK!) and using the keyboard successfully adjust
> > > > > the brightness of the display.
> > > > >       
> > > > >           
> > > [...]
> > > I recognized that everything seems to work just fine *on console only*.
> > > At least I could suspend and resume via s2ram >3 times in a row.
> > >
> > > What also worked was to just start plain X (no window manager or
> > > anything) and suspend/resume then. However with compiz running I am
> > > seeing the garbage/hang on resume.
> > >
> > > Are you by chance to having an ATI card + use a compositing window
> > > manager?
> > >
> > > Soeren
> > >
> > >   
> > >       
> > At the moment I don't have compiz manager
> > running, only fluxbox. But after thinking,
> > I did experience this(choppy screen)when using kexec,
> > i.g. starting a new kernel from a terminal inside the xserver
> > did create a messed up screen. Then(ctl+alt+del)disabling
> > the xserver, made things work the way they were supposed too.
> >
> > I am running radeon on a macbook pro. If I can remember
> > at the time I was using kexec I did have radeon.(I'll try and reproduce 
> > this though).
> > In any case I think this is an xserver issue not a kernel(but thats just 
> > a guess).
> > I added a cc (hopefully it's the right one);
> >     
>
> Could be... I've tried with a more recent radeon driver, i.e. 
> xserver-xorg-video-radeon    deb-version        1:6.10.0-2 - same thing.
>
> Is anyone aware of a known-to-work radeon version that I should try?
>
> Soeren
>
>   
I'm running everything from jaunty
(with an exception of a few packages from sid "s2ram");
As for the screen being garbled, I have not see this
with s2ram yet.(although I need to see if I can recreate
this with kexec);

regards;

Justin P. Mattock


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