Radeon DRI Problems after latest X.org 7.3 update

[Coleman Kane]

Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:
> I've seen two issues with 7.3.0, though neither are what you described:
>
> 1) http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2007-September/005205.html (which I also saw with xorg 7.2)
>
> 2) http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2007-September/005213.html
>
> I'm wondering your just experiencing different symptoms for problem number 1.
>   
Adam,

I saw this, and thought that it might be related. It's really difficult 
to tell. In 7.2 (w/ ati driver 6.6.3) I was able to use compiz and 
almost all GLX stuff properly, direct or accelerated indirect mode. 
After I portupgraded to x.org 7.3 (server 1.4), all of my problems came 
up. I did build/install x11/xorg-server v1.4 before 
x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati v6.7.192 (you can't do it any other way). I 
did try downgrading back to xf86-video-ati v6.6.3 to see if the old 
version would still work under the new server, and then my X session 
just dies any time DRI is accessed (old driver not compatible w/ new 
server?).

I also played with it some more and have found that EXA is completely 
unusable for me. Under the new server/driver combination, if I am using 
EXA (and no AIGLX composting manager) then I get the problem where when 
a window is undrawn (moved, minimized, resized, or I switch workspaces), 
it leaves a shadow behind it that is slightly lighter than the 
surrounding area. I can drag a window around the screen to "paint" this 
effect around my desktop. This is all happening with metacity (which I 
"downgraded" to after compiz became completely unusable).

I've got a Radeon Mobility M10 aka Radeon 9550, using the rv350 chip.

I played with the GLX effects further and discovered that I can't 
produce the full-screen-flicker effect on a screen-shot...

--
Coleman Kane


Rest of my message preserved below:
> Adam
>
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:29:32 -0400
> Coleman Kane <cokane at cokane.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Ever since I updated to the latext X.org 7.3 ports, my DRI support for 
>> my ATI Radeon rv350 card no longer works well. Previously, I used compiz 
>> as my window manager (with patch available here to drm kmod: 
>> http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11870). Under X.org 7.2, 
>> this had been working fine ever since I got around the FreeBSD kernel 
>> module issue above.
>>
>> Now, I can run it, but I get a large amount of on-screen artifacts and 
>> visual glitches. From what I can tell, if I have multiple windows open 
>> (and the "desktop" window from nautilus does count) the non-foreground 
>> windows seem to get their visuals destroyed and replaced with scaled and 
>> faded versions of whatever the current foreground window is. I *am* 
>> using the fade effect in compiz, which makes the non-focus windows 
>> appear slightly translucent.
>>
>> In addition, I reverted back to metacity (no composting) and I have 
>> tried to run glxgears. I get a serious amount of visual glitches all 
>> over my screen. Last time I tried this, my xserver crashed out (signal 
>> 11). I'm running gdm, so it is revived after a crash.
>>
>> I am curious if others are experiencing similar woes with the new 
>> updates, or if anyone has a solution.
>>
>> --
>> Coleman Kane
>>