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HTDx64hello, can I ask display driver related question here?13:37
tjaaltonsure13:38
HTDx64Is Radeon HD4870 supported in 11.04? I've tried to install it, and I get kernel panic each time, with lot's of magic text (mostly hex-like) and the only understable thing is "Radeon" :)13:42
HTDx64it happens both when trying "Install Ubuntu" and "Try without installing" option13:42
tjaaltonshould work yes13:43
HTDx64so what could be the cause? BIOS settings?13:44
tjaaltonyou could try adding "radeon.modeset=0" to the kernel cmdline13:46
HTDx64when I had 11.04 installed (via upgrade), i had major display problems - artifacts (white rectangles in random places, noise, pixels), very slow performance on open drivers. on FGLRX the problem was with very frequent crashes. are they known problems, or rather uncommon? could it mean my Radeon is broken?13:54
tjaaltondoes it happen with windows? or an older ubuntu version?13:58
HTDx64no problems with windows, on 10.10 there was a slight artifact problem with open driver, disappeared with FGLRX.14:01
tjaaltonok so it regressed14:02
tjaaltonbut do try the option i told14:02
HTDx64ok, I'll check this out14:03
tjaaltonif it works, please file a bug against the kernel14:04
tjaalton'ubuntu-bug linux'14:04
tjaaltonand you could add xserver-xorg-video-ati as an additional component to the bug14:05
tjaaltonhmm, maybe just run 'ubuntu-bug xserver-xorg-video-ati' and we can take it from there14:05
HTDx64i'll try to boot it now, how can I add a cmdline when menu appears?14:08
tjaaltonpress 'e' to edit the boot option14:09
tjaaltonthen select the line that says kernel14:09
tjaaltonand add the option to the end14:09
HTDx64any "," or ";" or " " before?14:10
HTDx64nevermind, I'll figure it out, rebooting...14:13
HTDx64hello14:54
HTDx64I've just installed 11.04 with radeon.modeset=0 option14:54
tjaaltonso it worked?14:55
HTDx64so far so good, there was some artifacts on top bar, but they disappeared, I'll try to install FGLRX...14:55
tjaaltonfile the bug first14:55
tjaaltonwithout the option14:55
tjaaltonif it boots..14:56
HTDx64should I try to boot from USB without the option now?14:57
tjaaltonhmm14:58
tjaaltonso the installed system doesn't have that option14:58
tjaaltongot confused there14:58
HTDx64I've added this option on installation USB14:59
tjaaltonright, but it's probably not used on the installed system14:59
tjaaltoncheck /etc/default/grub14:59
HTDx64I'm checking this right now14:59
tjaaltonGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT14:59
tjaaltonit normally has just "quiet splash"15:00
HTDx64GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"15:00
tjaaltonright15:00
tjaaltonand actually, cat /proc/cmdline15:00
tjaaltonwould confirm what you had15:01
HTDx64BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=e88bf567-bc60-4140-b0db-3d110c8a7f51 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=715:01
tjaaltonright15:02
tjaaltonso.. it's weird15:02
tjaaltonthe live-session _should_ be identical to the installed version15:03
tjaaltonand there are no updates either that should explain this15:03
HTDx64well, I've checked updates on install, and ran update right after installing15:03
HTDx64but it booted before update15:04
tjaaltonyeah, but still, there is no newer kernel etc that could've fixed it (that's not on the cd)15:04
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HTDx64i've experienced such strange behaviour with hardware before (soundcard / network was dead untill powered off for 30 seconds) - reset / reboot didn't help. i'll just try to boot it from USB once more. if it boots - it was a hardware problem then.15:08
HTDx64seems like no bug here - it boots now without the option, I think it's something wrong with my PC (Radeon or chipset)15:15
tjaaltonheh,ok15:15
HTDx64BTW, is it possible to install Gnome 3 with Radeon FGLRX driver?15:17
tjaaltonguess it should work15:17
tjaaltonthough natty doesn't have gnome 315:18
HTDx64I've tried to use special PPA for this, but it worked only with open driver. with FGLRX it crashed with screen blinking like crazy. but again it could be my Radeon - something is obviously wrong with it15:19
tjaaltonok, dunno then15:19
HTDx64thanks anyway, now I have Natty installed :)15:20
Sarvatttjaalton, RAOF: are you kidding me? did I just miss the wishlist bug session? it wasn't there when I looked at the schedule earlier, did it just get rescheduled in the past again?15:59
tjaaltonSarvatt: yep, we're done :)16:01
tjaaltona couple of bugs left, dind't have time to go through all of them16:02
Sarvattit was scheduled at the same time as the fwts one, then disappeared so I went to fwts, then after fwts got out it wasn't on the schedule at all16:02
ricotzhi, is it already decided which xserver version will be targeted?16:04
ricotzSarvatt, hi ^16:05
Sarvattricotz: most likely 1.10.x16:05
ricotz(meaning the border-barrier support)16:05
ricotzhmm, ok, any chance this is going to be backported from trunk?16:06
Sarvatt(which still isn't even in 1.11)16:06
Sarvattyeah it only exists as patches anyway as far as I know16:06
ricotzreally, i though it is in the trunk, and fedora cherry-picked it16:06
ricotzalright, i think you know it better ;)16:07
SarvattI still dont see it in xserver master16:08
ricotzok, i was hoping to test this with mutter/gnome-shell at some point soon16:10
Sarvatthttp://sarvatt.com/downloads/patches/xserver-1.10-pointer-barriers.patch16:11
ricotzthanks16:13
SarvattRAOF: in case I forget at the planning session tomorrow, we need that pointer barriers patch in O :)16:52
bjsniderricotz, does your home directory open when you click the sidebar link? mine doesn't17:12
ricotzbjsnider, you let nautilus handle your desktop?17:18
bjsniderricotz, yes17:27
ricotzbjsnider, ok, i can confirm it with enabled nautilus-desktop, without it works though17:29
AlexzAKhi19:50
AlexzAKPlease take a look in to my bug report #779607 about intel video i91520:00
AlexzAKhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/77960720:01
ubot4Launchpad bug 779607 in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) "Xorg freeze with i915 chipset on Toshiba satelite l300-144 laptop (affects: 1) (heat: 6)" [Undecided,New]20:01
ricotzbjsnider, the nautilus problem should be fixed22:27
kcin1i have a problem with my touchscreen,evtest works,but xinput test returns nothing23:21
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