On 12/15/2009 08:47 AM, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

I have been trying the X.org radeonhd driver. I am currently using

xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_20091124_6387ab4-4.1.i586.rpm

and, in most respects, it is working fine. Occasional screen artifacts or no 3D acceleration in vmware are things I can live with. The main problem I have is that in many apps the cursor is not working properly. Quite often it goes away or is left on the screen at an outdated position. I see this in evolution and openOffice, I am sure it is elsewhere.

I am guessing the default is some sort of hardware cursor. The radeon man page says that the software cursor can be selected with:

Option "SWcursor" "boolean"

I am not using an xorg.conf file. I was hoping to keep it that way. But I guess I will need one to set this option. My question is, what would be the absolute minimum file I could make to get this setting used?

Roger, If you are having any problems with the radeonhd driver, please post them to the radeonhd list (sponsored by opensuse). The list address is: <radeonhd@opensuse.org>. The main page containing all the relevant information is: http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonhd It is very helpful if you can pull the latest code from the git repository and test that. Just make sure you have git installed and then: $ git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-radeonhd Then building the package is simple: i586: ./autogen.sh --prefix /usr x86_64 ./autogen.sh --prefix /usr --libdir /usr/lib64 Then just the normal: make make install (as root) Then logout and log back in. To update the source from the git repository later, just cd to the xf86-video-radeonhd (I usually just rename it 'rhd') and then type: git pull and it will update your install to the latest addition. The git repository is usually light-years ahead of the packaged driver. The more help Matthias and the rest of the guys working on the driver can get, the faster the pace of development will be. I have some additional work to do there myself. Also, to everyone else on the list with a radeon R6XX or R7XX card, if you have a few spare minutes of time, please pull the driver and test it and provide any feedback to the radeonhd list. Any help is much appreciated. Now this was a surprize -- and could it be -- yes, A new nickname :p http://www.3111skyline.com/download/ss/opensuse/Oberholtzer-Waterhole.png -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org