Description of problem: I'm using an HP EliteBook 6930p Notebook. When I was trying to turn on desktop effects on Fedora 10, the system gave nothing but a whole white screen. Until about 45 seconds later, the screen turned to the original state. I guess it's the video card driver problem. The video card of my notebook is ATI Mobility RadeonTM HD 3450. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. System-> Preferences-> Look and Feel-> Desktop Effects 2. Enable Desktop Effects 3. Actual results: Expected results: The video card can be driven, and the desktop effects can be enabled. Additional info:
The white screen was standard reaction with older versions of radeonhd and/or kernel/DRI, which had no support for the HDxxxx series of chips at the time. It would be very helpful for making a proper diagnosis if you could attach 1. your xorg.conf 2. any Xorg.*.log files with the package versions you are currently running. Thank you.
I think the old package was compiled without DRI support by accident. The following updates (F10 or F11) should fix that: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xorg-x11-drv-radeonhd-1.2.5-2.10.20090714git.fc10 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xorg-x11-drv-radeonhd-1.2.5-2.10.20090714git.fc11
Reporter, also please confirm you are actually running the radeonhd driver from the -radeonhd package. The Fedora default is the radeon driver from the -ati package. Attaching Xorg.0.log or something would help there.
Created attachment 354306 [details] Xorg.0.log on my computer
Created attachment 354307 [details] Xorg.0.log.old
(In reply to comment #3) > Reporter, also please confirm you are actually running the radeonhd driver from > the -radeonhd package. The Fedora default is the radeon driver from the -ati > package. > > Attaching Xorg.0.log or something would help there. Thank you so much for fixing the bug. Would you please tell me in detail how to "run the radeonhd driver from the -radeonhd package", not the -ati package? I'm sorry that I'm not very familiar with linux. The files "Xorg.0.log" and "Xorf.0.log.old" are attached, I hope they can help.
Your Xorg.0.log files show that you are using the default "radeon" driver from the -ati package. This is the preferred choice on Fedora, and certainly your best choice when you are "not very familiar with linux". I am reassigning the bug to the -ati package accordingly.
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