[Savage40] Problems with suspend w/ FC3

[Alex Deucher]

--- bjorn at comcast.net wrote:

> I recently installed Fedora Core 3 on my Thinkpad laptop using the
> 1.1.27 included with the X.org 6.8.1 release. Previously, I'd been
> running FC1 with the latest (1.1.27t) savage driver from Tims web
> site together with whatever XFree86 release was the default, without
> any major glitches..
> 
> Now when I suspend or hibernate, the machine will often, but not
> always, mess up video playback. The video window (running mplayer or
> xine) will open normally, but some kind of overlay will appear
> seemingly over the video window and extending to (about?) twice the
> height of the real window. If I move the window, this overlay will
> move along with it, but is still extending beyond the window with
> which it is associated. The overlay is black - no video is shown.
> 
> Another thing that seem to trigger a similar effect is to switch
> resolutions using xrandr. I seem to remember getting  a similar
> effect this way even with FC1 + 1.1.27t, but I never had any trouble
> after suspension.
> 
> I've tried switching vt:s before and after suspension, and even if I
> restart the X server the problem persists.
> 
> Anyone got any ideas or suggestions, short of going back to FC1?

You might try with xorg from cvs or use an older savage X server.  The
code in 6.8.x leaves the overlay on all the time, rather than setting
it  up each time a video is displayed.  Since the overlay regs are not
restored on resume, they can potentially lose their settings when you
suspend the machine.  The code in xorg cvs has changed to set up the
overlay each time you use it (roughly the old behavior), so it should
work for you.

Alex



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