http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User tittiatcoke@gmail.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c2 --- Comment #2 from Raymond Wooninck 2009-08-04 04:26:13 MDT --- Created an attachment (id=310300) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=310300) After patching the source code to accept the new kernel module version, the following error appears. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment #310299|application/octet-stream |text/plain mime type| | -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 Raymond Wooninck changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P1 - Urgent -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User tittiatcoke@gmail.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c4 --- Comment #4 from Raymond Wooninck 2009-08-04 12:37:52 MDT --- After checking with the opensource radeon developers, it seems that we have here a mismatch between new kernel functionality (KMS) and an incompatible libdrm + radeon xorg driver. There are two solutions possible: 1) openSUSE 11.2 will start utilizing KMS, which means that we have to move to a special libdrm, radeon driver etc. The details are described here : http://airlied.livejournal.com/66958.html 2) The KMS functionality is disabled. Either by disabling the functionality in the kernel configuration or to use boot parameters. If the option radeon.modeset=0 is added to the boot parameters. In this option the driver can stay at it is and is fully functional. Regards Raymond -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c6 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|X.Org |Kernel AssignedTo|xorg-maintainer-bugs@forge. |bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |provo.novell.com |ovo.novell.com Summary|radeon: Driver not able to |KMS should not be the |enter DRI mode after Kernel |default for radeon DRM |upgrade to 2.6.31 |module QAContact|xorg-maintainer-bugs@forge. |qa@suse.de |provo.novell.com | --- Comment #6 from Stefan Dirsch 2009-08-04 13:40:18 MDT --- Raymond, excellent investigations! Thanks a lot! Indeed. Apparently we now have KMS enabled by default for radeon DRM module. :-( CONFIG_STAGING=y CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS=y We don't want this at that point. Greg, could you please revert this and unset CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS for our kernels in openSUSE:Factory? Thanks. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEW -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c9 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|sndirsch@novell.com | --- Comment #9 from Stefan Dirsch 2009-08-04 14:57:35 MDT --- Yes, we want this driver, but KMS really shouldn't be the default for radeon. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c11 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |msiurana@gmail.com --- Comment #11 from Stefan Dirsch 2009-08-08 16:02:12 MDT --- *** Bug 528516 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528516 -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User ro@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c13 Ruediger Oertel changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|FIXED | --- Comment #13 from Ruediger Oertel 2009-08-09 17:43:33 MDT --- actually I find this solution extremely bad ... CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS does not just turn the default to "off", it disables all kms features in the driver completely, meaning I have to build my own kernel if I want to play with KMS (got it running here with dri2 ;) the attached patch adds a config option CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS_NODEFAULT that keeps the kms feature but turns it off by default so it can be re-enabled on the kernel commandline. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c15 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |myemailu@gmail.com --- Comment #15 from Stefan Dirsch 2009-08-10 05:56:42 MDT --- *** Bug 529522 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529522 -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User ro@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c17 --- Comment #17 from Ruediger Oertel 2009-08-10 14:46:00 MDT --- sorry to disappoint you, but no, that's not the solution for your problem. see comment #4: I'm running a special local setup close to (1) in that comment, but that's too much bleeding edge even for factory. the distro (factory) will most likely go with (2). what I'm trying to achieve with my patch is just to keep the path to solution (1) open, but disabled by default. The issue you are having is probably the opposite, but I have to start guessing here. Your kernel does kms (kernel mode setting) and your xserver/driver can not handle that. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User eulenreich@gmx.de added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c19 --- Comment #19 from Ralph Ulrich 2009-08-11 10:43:46 MDT --- R.W.>The "radeon.modeset=0" cmdline option is only valid for openSUSE11.2 actual kernel 2.6.31-rc5-git3-2-desktop has: # CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS is not set setting "radeon.modeset=0" on cmdline does disable dri, without dri works... -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User eulenreich@gmx.de added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c21 --- Comment #21 from Ralph Ulrich 2009-08-11 13:07:45 MDT --- S.D. That is here all about: if radeon module meets parameter radeon.modeset but it does not personally know that parameter it disables dri -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c23 --- Comment #23 from Stefan Dirsch 2009-08-11 13:24:11 MDT --- # modprobe radeon modeset=1 FATAL: Error inserting radeon (/lib/modules/2.6.31-rc5-git3-2-default/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) Ralph, I don't know which kernel you're testing. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User mhopf@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c25 --- Comment #25 from Matthias Hopf 2009-08-12 07:12:27 MDT --- (In reply to comment #14)

Created an attachment (id=311486) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=311486) [details] kernel patch for getting kms without it being default

A patch like this would be great, but I don't like the implicit negation (better would be CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS_DEFAULT with a default of NO). -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User javier@opensuse.org added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c27 --- Comment #27 from Javier Llorente 2009-08-15 14:41:56 MDT --- Oops! Forget about the single user mode/no graphics card detection O:-) -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c29 --- Comment #29 from Stefan Dirsch 2009-08-18 17:58:09 MDT --- Greg, why not apply Rudi's patch and finally close this bugreport? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User gregkh@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c31 --- Comment #31 from Greg Kroah-Hartman 2009-08-19 07:46:01 MDT --- Actually, why doesn't the author of the patch, push it upstream? That's the correct thing to do here, I don't want us to have to maintain a config option that is not upstream at all. Can someone please do this? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User gregkh@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c33 --- Comment #33 from Greg Kroah-Hartman 2009-08-20 06:12:16 MDT --- I'm not blaming anyone. My point was that this should go upstream to linux-kernel first, before we can take it. We don't accept patches in our tree that add new configuration options unless they are supported upstream first. Otherwise the maintenance burden would be insurmountable. I do not have any way to test this patch out, so if someone else (like Takashi) could do so, and push it upstream, that would be wonderful. I am still stuck with higher priority bugs at the moment and do not have time for this one :( -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User tiwai@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c35 Takashi Iwai changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|mhopf@novell.com | --- Comment #35 from Takashi Iwai 2009-08-20 07:22:24 MDT --- .. Oh, you think I have no P1/P2 bugs? ;) Anyway, the patch below is a revised one. I fixed the description of CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS, too, since it's confusing. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User tiwai@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c37 --- Comment #37 from Takashi Iwai 2009-08-20 07:27:41 MDT --- The patch is sent to the upstream. Let's see how it'll go on. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User tiwai@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c39 Takashi Iwai changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |sndirsch@novell.com --- Comment #39 from Takashi Iwai 2009-08-21 00:08:43 MDT --- Dave Airlie wasn't impressed by the change. The reply cited below:

I'm sort of torn on this, when radeon KMS moves out of staging it will be disabled by default using the current option. It will build everything always and disable/enable like this patch does. I'm not willing to do that yet esp now in -rcX time as it might break builds on some other arches.

So if a distro isn't shipping a compatible userspace, I'd rather they didn't ship the kernel support built at all until we move it from staging.

AFAIK you guys don't use -ati on a lot of cards kms is useful so I'm not sure when you'll ever have a compatible userspace.

What should we do? The patch itself is trivial, so no hard work to maintain (mostly just for 2.6.31, though). Alternatively, we can disable modeset option in /etc/modprobe.d/*. OTOH, if the standard user-space stuff on 11.2 doesn't support KMS, it's actually safer to remove the feature from the kernel, as Dave suggested in the above. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910 User mhopf@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527910#c43 --- Comment #43 from Matthias Hopf 2009-09-02 04:40:34 MDT --- This is such a PITA, just because of Dave's self-centric opinion (if it's in the kernel it's perfect) :-( Sigh. Thanks to everyone involved. Too bad we cannot let the user decided what to use. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.