On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Fons Adriaensen <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hello all, > > Yesterday I wanted to update my IBM R51. Since this hadn't seen any updates > for half a year or so I decided to go for a full install, also to try out > the new install procedures. > > This all went very smoothly, and there's only one remaining problem. > > X11 seems to work, but > > - GUI elements (e.g. buttons) remain black or some random texture. > - Xterm has problems when scrolling - lines get overprinted, or only > some rows of pixels show up. When hitting Enter on the bottom line > the bash prompt isn't printed, but the cursor moves to the right > place. Same for filename completion etc. > - Similar problems all over the place. > > Driver is video-ati aka radeon. No xorg.conf, and using the one > installed before makes no difference. Also added 20-radeon.conf > as explained in the wiki and modified individual options, no > improvement. No errors in Xorg.0.log. > > But I found this in errors.log: > > Sep 19 13:17:33 zita2 kernel: [ 5.002534] [drm:radeon_agp_init] *ERROR* > Unable to acquire AGP: -19 > > Booting via syslinux, late KMS. > > Any hints ? > > Ciao, > > -- > FA > > A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. > It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris > and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) > > Which ATi card does your system have? My laptop have this[0] and here is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf (I haven't splitted it yet): http://pastebin.com/jc2tfRPT. [0] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Madison [Radeon HD 5000M Series
