[arch-general] MAYDAY - drm/mesa/libgl/radeon updates - laptop stuck in 1152x864 - kdm locks on logout!

[David C. Rankin]

On 12/23/2009 02:24 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> I got bit bad tonight by the updates tonight. X starts but is stuck at 1152x864, if I log out, X freezes. Looks like bad libdrm and lib32-libdrm packages. Specifically, I upgraded:
> 
> [2009-12-23 00:30] starting full system upgrade
> [2009-12-23 00:31] upgraded libdrm (2.4.17-1 -> 2.4.17-2)
> [2009-12-23 00:31] upgraded libgl (7.6-2 -> 7.6.1-1)
> [2009-12-23 00:31] upgraded ati-dri (7.6-2 -> 7.6.1-1)
> [2009-12-23 00:31] upgraded lib32-libdrm (2.4.16-1 -> 2.4.17-2)
> [2009-12-23 00:31] upgraded lib32-libgl (7.6-2 -> 7.6.1-1)
> [2009-12-23 00:31] upgraded lib32-mesa (7.6-2 -> 7.6.1-1)
> [2009-12-23 00:31] upgraded mesa (7.6-2 -> 7.6.1-1)
> [2009-12-23 00:31] upgraded system-config-printer-common (1.1.13-1 -> 1.1.15-1)
> [2009-12-23 00:31] upgraded system-config-printer-gnome (1.1.13-1 -> 1.1.15-1)

UUGH!,

It get's worse. I don't know if this is the downgrade or if this is the latest kernel update, but compiz whitescreens. (that a hardware/software rendering issue) I checked glxinfo, and it says it is using Mesa:

03:00 alchemy:~> glxinfo
name of display: :0.0   
display: :0  screen: 0  
direct rendering: Yes   
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:        
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, 
    GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method, 
    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe,      
    GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,               
    GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer                                                  
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI                                
client glx version string: 1.4                                                
client glx extensions:                                                        
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,    
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,     
    GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control,                          
    GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,     
    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,      
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,                
    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap                 
GLX version: 1.2                                                              
GLX extensions:                                                               
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,    
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method,          
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer                 
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa Project                                            
OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer                                   
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.6.1                                         
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20                                  
OpenGL extensions:                                                            
    GL_ARB_copy_buffer, GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_draw_buffers,            

Ouch! Now, I don't know if this happened after the kernel update to 26-2.6.32.2-1 or if it just happened tonight with the drm update and then downgrade. I can't think of any reason the upgrade/downgrade would have done it unless pacman left pieces of something on the system.

Regardless, compiz is unusable now. I know for a fact it was working last week (slow with the radeon driver, but working). Anybody else see a change in direct rendering with the latest kernel? What else to check?

-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Telephone: (936) 715-9333
Facsimile: (936) 715-9339
www.rankinlawfirm.com