[HEADS UP] Xorg 7.5 merge comming tomorrow.

Robert Noland rnoland at FreeBSD.org
Tue May 4 08:15:08 UTC 2010



Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On 2010-May-04 00:59:27 -0500, Robert Noland <rnoland at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>> Hrm, do bad things happen before a pixel crosses vertical 2048?
> 
> I only have 1024 vertical px.  As far as I can tell, in a side-by-side
> configuration, the problems start as soon as I write pixels onto the
> RH window.  I will do so more careful checks and see if there's any
> region on the left side of the RH display that is OK.
> 
>>  It 
>> looks like you have 2 1280x1024 displays and a virtual framebuffer 2560 
>> pixels wide.
> 
> That's the normal configuration.  I have also tried stacking
> vertically (so I have a 1280x2048 VFB).  In this case, the top ~1/4 of
> the lower screen is OK (and a slightly smaller region at the bottom
> also appears OK) and the rest is corrupt.  I've tried increasing the
> VFB size (via a "Screen" Virtual directive) to no avail.
> 
>>  I'm wondering if the issue occurs as soon as the window 
>> starts onto the second display, or if it has to go past 2048 before the 
>> problem appears.
> 
> Definitely not related to 2048 horizontal px.
> 
> There is a screenshot (from the xorg7.5 test patchset but it looks
> the same) in http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27805

Ok, not sure what else to suggest, other than I will try to reproduce 
it... I know I said that before, but my list of stuff to do is 
approaching infinity...  Good news is that I do have an x600 around 
here, I just have to find it...

robert.



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