On Sunday, July 24, 2011 02:03:10 PM Kent A. Reed did opine: > On 7/24/2011 9:12 AM, gene heskett wrote: > > Hi everybody; > > > > I made another try at running emc over ssh -Y again this morning, but > > it fails shortly after opening an incomplete axis screen, as follows: > > > > Starting EMC2... > > X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or > > internal Xlib length error) > > > > Major opcode of failed request: 136 (GLX) > > Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_GLXRender) > > Serial number of failed request: 2579 > > Current serial number in output stream: 2580 > > > > Shutting down and cleaning up EMC2... > > > > And of course the above is far more informative than the two log files > > it suggests I read. > > > > That machine is of course using the vesa driver, this one the most > > recent nvidia blob. > > > > > From glxinfo on that machine: > > direct rendering: No (LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT set) > > > > Is this miss-match the root cause of the problem? > > > > And, short of switching to a non-axis interface with no backplot > > abilities, is there a workaround? > > > > Thanks folks. > > > > Cheers, gene > > Gene: > > Before I embarrass myself by offering up suggestions that are completely > off the mark (which I may end up doing anyway!), can you be more clear > about the X-client and X-server machines you are using. Remember, the > remote machine running emc2 is the X-client and the local machine > running your keyboard and display is the X-server. > > Maybe I'm just being thickheaded, but when you talk about the cards and > drivers you have used, it sounds as if you are talking about the > X-client. Presumably it is the X-server that isn't providing the service > requested by AXIS, n'est-ce pas? > > So, how about a thumbnail sketch of both machines and software versions?
My thumbnail is black and blue so a text list. ;-) Client: is a 10.4 LTS install with the latest emc-2.4.6-somenumber build CPU is an XP1400 Athlon, running at 1600 on a mach-speed mobo. Half a gig of dram. Video card is, from lspci: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon X1650 Pro (rev 9e) 01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon X1650 Pro (Secondary) (rev 9e) Using the vesa driver as that is 10% of the latency from any other driver for this board. Also, from /var/log/Xorg.0.log: X.Org X Server 1.7.6 Release Date: 2010-03-17 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Server: AMD quad core Phenom 9550 at 2.2 Ghz, 4Gb dram Uptodate PCLOS-2011 32 bit install gene@coyote Download]$ uname -r 2.6.38.8-pclos2.pae.bfs where the bfs means Con Kovilas's scheduler, much more realtime for the desktop. Video card: 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9400 GT] (rev a1) Using the nvidia driver, from the X log: [ 39.881] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" [ 39.881] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 [ 39.881] Module class: X.Org Server Extension [ 39.881] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 275.09.07 Wed Jun 8 16:01:21 PDT 2011 Also from the X log: X.Org X Server 1.10.2 Release Date: 2011-05-28 [ 38.215] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [ 38.215] Build Operating System: Linux_2.6.38.8-pclos1.pae.bfs PCLinuxOS [ 38.215] Current Operating System: Linux coyote.coyote.den 2.6.38.8-pclos2.pae.bfs #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 8 01:46:53 CDT 2011 i686 Does this help? Thanks & Cheers, gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yes, but every time I try to see things your way, I get a headache. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention Research study explores the data loss prevention market. Includes in-depth analysis on the changes within the DLP market, and the criteria used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these DLP solutions. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51385063/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
