Re: AIT Radeon Mobility M6 LY DRI breaks on upgrade to ubuntu Gutsy

On 10/23/07, Doug Scoular <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Here's a weird one...
>
> I have a Sony Vaio PCG-C1MT (aka PCG-C1MV in the US) with a:
>
> 00:0c.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY
>
> Direct rendering with the "radeon" driver worked perfectly after following
> this guide with Feisty:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=246746
>
> but after upgrading to Gutsy and trying various combinations from the guide I'm getting no joy:
>
> (EE) RADEON(0): Static buffer allocation failed. Disabling DRI.
> (EE) RADEON(0): At least 9000 kB of video memory needed at this resolution and depth.
>
> The resolution is 1280x600x16... which WAS working fine under Feisty,
> this is an 8MB Radeon that had no problem with DRI before.
>
> Also, my ALi5451 audio now plays very wobbly, warbly sound where it used to be perfect under Feisty:
>
> 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02)
>
> Any thoughts on why the static buffer allocation is now failing ?
>
> I'm happy to provide more infor if required.

Add the following line to the display subsection of the screen section
of your config:

Virtual 1280 600

With the new randr code we pre-allocate a framebuffer until we get ttm support.

Alex

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