[Savage40] Problems with suspend w/ FC3

[Alex Deucher]

--- Nathan Olberding <nathan.olberding at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does this mean the next version of xorg could fix all the problems
> with using DRI + suspending / resuming?
> 
> 

no that's a different matter.  DRI suspend/resume support will need
something along the lines of what radeon or mach64 got.  agp, dma, etc.
need to be re-initialized.  It shouldn't be too hard though.

Alex

> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:34:48 -0800 (PST), Alex Deucher
> <agd5f at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > --- 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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