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oringo

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Registered: 2007-08-23

Posts: 21

keyboard and gfx issues after switching to xf86-video-radeonhd

After recently switching from an nVidia gfx card to a ATI Radeon HD2400, I instaled xf86-video-radeonhd driver. I noticed several issues that I haven't experienced before:

1. Keyboard frequently repeat a keystroke that I only pressed once (e.g. aaaaarch when i type arch)
2. Keyboard frequently skip keystrokes when I type fast (e.g. "achlinx rcks" when i type "archlinux rocks")

3. After X11 starts, if I try to switch to virtual console (ctrl+alt+F1), the system freezes and turns zombie. This combined with my recently switch to ext4 had caused more than enough data loss.

4. I hav a dual monitor setup, one of them needs 59.9Hz refresh rate, and the other needs 60.0Hz  refresh rate. If I configure the monitor as right-of or left-of in xorg.conf, xrandr always gets the refresh rate wrong. I have to manually issue xrandr commands.

I noticed that my keyboard got recognized twice in Xorg.log, Could this have caused 1) and 2)?//

xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
#    Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load    "ddc"
    Load    "dri"
    Load    "drm"
    Load    "glx"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Dell22"
    Option        "RightOf" "Mac22"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Mac22"
EndSection

Section "Device"
     Identifier    "rhd2400"
     Driver        "radeonhd"
     Option        "XAANoOffscreenPpixmaps" "true"
#     Option        "monitor-DVI-I_1/digital" "Dell22"
#     Option        "monitor-DVI-I_2/digital" "Mac22"
#     Option        "RROutputOrder"    "Mac22"
     Option        "DRI" "on"
     Option        "AccelMethod"    "exa"
     Option         "AGPMode" "4"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Screen0"
    Device        "rhd2400"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection    "Display"
        Depth    24
        Virtual 3360 1050
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Group        "video"
    Mode        0666
EndSection

oringo

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Registered: 2007-08-23

Posts: 21

Re: keyboard and gfx issues after switching to xf86-video-radeonhd

Hate to reply to my own thread. But the keyboard problem has been solved by moving the keyboard to a different port. Apparently not all ports behind the workstation are 2.0 ports? Funny this was never a problem before until I switch to a radeon gfx card.