X && ATI Mobility Radeon X700 on Acer Travelmate 810

SergOS · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:41 am Post subject:

bash-2.05b# lsmod
Module Size Used by
ppp_synctty 10048 0
ppp_async 11584 1
ppp_generic 29076 6 ppp_synctty,ppp_async
slhc 7552 1 ppp_generic
fglrx 244220 7
rfcomm 40220 0
l2cap 25220 5 rfcomm
snd_pcm_oss 53216 0
snd_mixer_oss 19776 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_oss 36480 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7296 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 53200 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 9036 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
joydev 9728 0
psmouse 29576 0
parport_pc 41028 0
parport 37000 1 parport_pc
rtc 11832 0
yenta_socket 23304 1
rsrc_nonstatic 11008 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 50100 2 yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
tg3 89284 0
ipw2200 160136 0
firmware_class 9984 1 ipw2200
ieee80211 40996 1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt 5768 2 ipw2200,ieee80211
i2c_i801 8716 0
i8xx_tco 7316 0
snd_azx 15904 1
snd_hda_codec 47104 1 snd_azx
snd_pcm 92936 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_azx,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 24772 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 56164 11 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_azx,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc 10116 2 snd_azx,snd_pcm
shpchp 102500 0
pci_hotplug 11332 1 shpchp
intel_agp 23132 1
ntfs 110832 1
ahci 11140 0
sbp2 24264 0
ohci1394 34756 0
ieee1394 109944 2 sbp2,ohci1394
sl811_hcd 12736 0
ohci_hcd 21192 0
uhci_hcd 32464 0
usb_storage 32320 0
usbhid 34304 0
ehci_hcd 32264 0
usbcore 119864 7 sl811_hcd,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd

SergOS · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:56 am Post subject:

And with grip i use cdda2wav for riper without any problems.
Cdparanoia is used in k3b for audiocd copiyng and no have problem too.

sp3ct3r · n00b Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 7

Hi, i also have the same problems as some of you stated above:
with 8.12 ati drivers i get backlight off
iwth 8.10.19 ati drivers i get everithing working fine except that i have "dancing lines" around the screen like it lcd is out of sync, BUT i dont get a green image! i have travelmate 8100 too (8104).

If any of you have solved this dancing lines stuff, plz say something.
Im using kernel 2.6.12-r2-love1 and managed to compile ati-drivers because of an ebuild i got from love sources ebuild site

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-321056-start-0-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-.html

SergOS · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 10:34 am Post subject:

I FOUND IT !!!

Backlight problem with 8.12.10 is solved - i change xorg.conf in section device
from "Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, NONE"
to "Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, TMDS"

But the problem with mtrr-memory allocation still exist

Wedge_ · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 12:25 pm Post subject:

sp3ct3r · n00b Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 7

what about the "lines" problem? anyone has any idea what that is?

Also i did some research and found something on google relating the "dancing lines" to an incorrect ModeLine
Then i tryed several othe modelines i also found on google and even one form a modeline calculator and still nothing.
Then i had the idea to change driver to VESA... WORKS PERFECT, no lines. But, of course, no accel. I then looked at xorg log and found the modeline that vesa driver used. I put that to my xorg.conf and retryed...still lines...

i changed my kernel to 2.6.11.r6 from gentoo-sources and lines are still there. I tryed almost everything, im getting desperate! :'(

SergOS · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:56 pm Post subject:

SergOS · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:00 pm Post subject:

swisscheese · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:47 pm Post subject:

Hi,
When I posted my first message I used ~x86 for the whole system and gcc 3.4. I bootstrapped again with x86 and gcc 3.4. This eliminated the green problem. But I still have the lines.

I will post again if I can fix it.

swisscheese

Update: ati-drivers 8.12.10 work now with LVDS,TMDS but I still have the lines. But ChipID is not needed anymore.

@ SergOS: Could you please post your Xorg.0.log? Maybe I could figure out what's wrong on my system.

SergOS · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:40 am Post subject:

AgaKhan · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:34 am Post subject:

I have the same latop (acer tm8104) and also have those "lines" that swisscheese talks about..

dmesg:

SergOS · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:48 am Post subject:

I want tell to everyone who have problems with lines - be more specific,post kernel version,kernel config and xorg config!

AgaKhan · 2.6.11-gentoo-r6

uname -r

sp3ct3r · n00b Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 7

kernel version 2.6.11-r6 with reiser4 patch applyed manually by me. (changed from 2.6.12-r2-love cause this last one wouldnt compile ipw2200 modules)

xorg.conf -> the one u told me to use.
kernel config ->
http://student.dei.uc.pt/~fbatista/.config

swisscheese · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 4:37 pm Post subject:

I forced the Modeline "1680x1050" 121.00 1680 1704 1792 1876 1050 1053 1054 1065 which I found in SergOS' Xorg.0.log:

sp3ct3r · n00b Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 7

mine is a travelmate 8104, 2ghz, and with vesa my lcd is a samsung too i think! damn i just wish those damn lines would go away so i could stop using windows for good

Edit:
Also i must add that i bootstrapped my system with gcc3.4 with "pentium-m" , not pentium3 like sergos on make.conf. I tought this could be a problem so i reemerged ati drivers with pentium3 and still nothing. I also have my root partition in reiser4 (but i dont really think this has anything to do with this)

Off.topic:
All this problems reminds me of something that happened to a friend of mine last week, i played hima joke and changed his KDE colors, window styles, fonts, etc while he was away. Then he came back and was very mad.

He put everithing back to normal, BUT (now comes the bizzarre part) the sound system was *dead*. He tryed to do hundreds of things but still nothing... As u can see, changing colors in kde can be VERY DANGEROUS

. Now, what did i learn from this? that problems can come out from where u least expect them to come

swisscheese · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:30 am Post subject:

Did anybody with a Travemate 8103 or 8104 ever have Xorg in full native 1680x1050 resolution?? (without "lines", with any driver: vesa...)

If yes, please post your Xorg.0.log of that session, or directly the Modeline that was used, and which model you have. It could help to fix the problem.
I tried knoppix, but it only runs X with a lower resolution (1280x1024).

swisscheese

PS: Don't give up!

SergOS · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:13 am Post subject:

The differences between 8001,8002,8003 and 8004 is in capacity of hdd,amount of memory and cpu ONLY.
I have slow international bandwitch (16k),but if you people still have problems,i make stage4(gentoo install with
compiled xorg,kernel,fglrx and everything configured) and post here my ftp.

AgaKhan · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:57 am Post subject:

I would guess we just have to wait for a driver update on ati-drivers.....

In the meantime, did any of you acer tm8100-users get the battery indicator to work?

And what soundcard-drivers do you use?

kDis · n00b Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 5

Hey guys
I think the "dancing lines" are related to the video cards interaction between the fglx drivers, and the BIOS

the dancing lines seem to only occur (for me anyways) when the bios is upgraded to 3C19 (or...you could have recieved your Travelmate with this bios already installed from the factory).
Try downgrading to 3C17...that should fix the dancing lines problem. (I had the dancing lines problem when I upgraded my BIOS)

http://csd.acer.com.tw/SI/Download2.nsf/NotebookWeb?OpenView&Start=1&Count=240&Expand=61#61
(if the link above expands the wrong laptop, just go to the travelmate 8100 and expand it...the bios is listed there)

(I just went to the site, and there is a new BIOS 3C22 that I'll try on my 8104...perhaps this update to 3C19 will fix the dancing lines?)
I'll have to try it when I get home.

as for the soundcard, I use the hda-intel drivers from the latest alsa drivers 1.09rc2

let me know if this helps you out! (you shouldn't have to mess with modelines)

AgaKhan · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:04 pm Post subject:

3c22 didn't do the trick about those dancing lines but the good news is 3c17!!

But I still have some errors i dmesg:

swisscheese · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 2:38 pm Post subject:

You made my day,
thanks a lot, 3c17 worked for me on the TM 8103, too.

ACPI for this notebook would be great.

swisscheese

AgaKhan · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:37 pm Post subject:

Speaking of ACPI..

Did you get the fan control to work?

I emerged cpufreqd and the cpu scales from 800 to 2000 Mhz.. But the fan is always on ..

swisscheese · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:44 pm Post subject:

I can't "control" the fan, but It's not always running when the system is idle. I think mine has 2 or 3 different speeds. Compared to my old TM 650 that unfortunatly broke, the fan is more quiet but it is on more often. Is your fan on all the time at the highest speed?

I'm using vanilla 2.6.11.7 and the newest acpi patch.

swisscheese