Description of problem: With the radeon_tp driver, X works fine (at least in 2D modes). However when you shut down, or go to a TTY style terminal with Ctrl-Alt-F1 you get a garbled display. It looks like there's a blank row between each row of dots that should be displayed. I think this bug was also seen in Fedora 9 Rawhide for a time, and then was repaired there. The relevant Fedora 9 Rawhide patch needs to be back ported to the radeon_tp driver. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1.Hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Created attachment 302809 [details] X server log output
It has been nearly a month since submitting this bug, and there has been no activity since being assigned back on 18 April. It would be VERY BAD if the exciting radeon_tp driver went live in RHEL 5.2 with so OBVIOUS a REGRESSION as "TTY mode does not work at all". Could SOMEONE please check into this?
I've requested this for 5.3 VT switching does work fine on most cards with this driver, however there exists combinations of graphics card and monitor that we couldn't test in time for 5.2, and these will be dealt with for 5.3.
Could you list the combinations of graphics cards and monitor that would exhibit this bug?
Thank you for looking at this bug. I am disappointed, though, that you are asking for information that I have already supplied in great detail with my attachment of the X0.log output. If I may presume to read the log file to you, I believe the information you need to move forward is: Graphics Card: Chipset: "ATI Radeon X1300/X1550" (ChipID = 0x7183) Monitor: Monitor name: DELL 2007WFP Manufacturer: DEL Model: a019 Serial#: 876687948
MODIFIED xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.15.el5 is built.
I have just tested xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.19.el5 as incorporated in RHEL 5.3 beta. It FULLY RESOLVES this issue. This is a really good epoch of the R500 driver. 2d graphics and TTY mode look very good on both the X1300/X1500 system I originally reported on with this bug, and on an Radeon HD 2400 XT system. The HD 2400 XT is what we've standardized on this year school-wide so this is a VERY nice level of functionality to have. I'll note in passing that glxgears still complains that there are no fbconfigs on the X1300/X1500 system. 3d ain't there for that chipset. Happily, there is no such error report on the HD 2400 XT, and it runs glxgears with a peppy frame rate of ~1500. Do you want to close this bug now, or wait until RHEL 5.3 ships and I test the actual release? Whichever way you want to manage this bug is fine with me.
I have also verified this fix on an Mobility Radeon HD 3650. Marking as VERIFIED.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-0166.html