Hi mike, thanks for your report.
2012/2/21 mh <[email protected]>: > I think there is again a problem with e_randr since after r.68113. Beginning > with r. 68114 I am seeing the same problem that r.66638 I think fixed. I'm > including the original emails about this below. I noticed from trac that > 68114 was a lot of work done to e_randr so I suspect this is the problem. > > I have a Radeon 5770 card, and the earlier problem seemed to be with at least > ATI 5770/5750 series graphics cards. X starts and shows GKrellM is working, > but Enlightenment does not start properly. > > What can I do to help? Thanks. Could you send the output of stderr e.g. ~/.xsessrion-errors please? > > mike > > >> On Dec 29, 2011, at 1:30 PM, Leif Middelschulte wrote: >> >>> 2011/12/28 Leif Middelschulte <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> Hi Mike, >>>> >>>> thanks your effort. The backtraces look promising. >>>> >>>> I'll have a look soon and hope to be able to fix this issue. >>>> >>> I hope it's fixed now :-) >> >> >> Perfect! Thanks very much Leif! >> >> mike >> >> >>>> Am 27.12.2011 um 14:42 schrieb mh <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> I learned how to record the gdb session. The attached gdb sessions may >>>>> provide more useful information. One gdb session run as root, the other as >>>>> user. Ran to break, then stepped through. Hope this helps. >>>>> >>>>> mike >>>>> >>>>> <e-log-root.txt> >>>>> <e-log.txt> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Dec 25, 2011, at 11:49 AM, Leif Middelschulte wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Mike, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> sorry for this late reply, but am kept busy with rl. >>>>>>> Find comments in their respective context. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2011/12/24 mh <[email protected]>: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 23, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Leif Middelschulte wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> 2011/12/23 mh <[email protected]>: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Salute: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm having the same issue using two different distros on the same >>>>>>>>>>>>> hardware (two drives). >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> When I'm running Arch, I'm running xorg-server 1.11.3-1 , using >>>>>>>>>>>>> xf86-video-ati 6.14.3-1 >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Debian, sid, I have xserver-xorg-core 1.11.2.902-1, using >>>>>>>>>>>>> xserver-xorg-video-radeon 6.14.3-2 >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I'd like you to start e via gdb (compile e with debugging symbols, >>>>>>>>>>>> see >>>>>>>>>>>> our wiki). Then break on _e_randr_crtc_info_set and step through >>>>>>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>>>>>> function until bad things (crash) happens. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Will do and let you know what I find here. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Ok, I installed gdb, downloaded the latest 66482 from svn. Followed >>>>>>>>>> the wiki >>>>>>>>>> and rebuilt the EFLs after export CFLAG=-g. Now I'm stuck. From the >>>>>>>>>> wiki it >>>>>>>>>> seems that I should start e, then when it crashes start gdb and break >>>>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>>>> _e_randr_crtc_info_set. Not sure how to do that. Help appreciated. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Dec 23, 2011, at 9:41 PM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> you're going to need to start an xserver raw without any "gdm". >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Xorg -ac :1 & >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> run that in a text console somewhere. >>>>>>>>> in another text console do: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> export E_START=1 >>>>>>>>> gdb enlightenment >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks to raster for helping out here :-) >>>>>>> But shouldn't this be >>>>>>> gdb enlightenment_start instead? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> br _e_randr_crtc_info_set >>>>>>>>> r >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> But, e never crashes though. What happens is that I'll run startx >>>>>>>>>> from vt1, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> it won't - you have to make it STOP when it hits that function with a >>>>>>>>> breakpoint (br). you have to set it up before e starts like above. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks! Attached are three sequential console shots, after hitting the >>>>>>>> breakpoint three times . These seem to look exactly the messages I saw >>>>>>>> earlier. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sadly you did something wrong when trying to run e via gdb. Ecore_X >>>>>>> fails to initialize, which is way before e_randr initialization. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> and then in vt1 there are a series of messages like I included >>>>>>>>>> earlier in the >>>>>>>>>> file called "start-results". The messages say "Enlightenment >>>>>>>>>> relocation >>>>>>>>>> handling", then many ESTART messages, then "Enlighenment relocation >>>>>>>>>> handling" >>>>>>>>>> again, followed by the same ESTART messages, then "<Enlightenment >>>>>>>>>> Error> A >>>>>>>>>> previous instance of Enlightenment is still active on this screen. >>>>>>>>>> Aborting >>>>>>>>>> startup." And then it repeats this process over and over until >>>>>>>>>> there's a >>>>>>>>>> final error and X shuts down. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> So there doesn't seem to be a PID of enlightenment to run gdb on. I >>>>>>>>>> guess. >>>>>>>>>> I've never really run gdb before. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Any suggestions/hints would be appreciated, I'm willing to try and >>>>>>>>>> help track >>>>>>>>>> down the problem with this damn ATI hardware. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> mike >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 23, 2011, at 3:52 AM, Andrea Suisani wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> sorry for not being able to join >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the irc debug session last evening... >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> though it seems we have have narrowed >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the problem down to a peculiar comibination >>>>>>>>>>>>>> of HW (ATI HD 5770/5750), e17 ver, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> xorg version and x org drivere version. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> just trying get a more clear picture >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm running X.Org X Server 1.10.4 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> with fglrx used as video driver (defined >>>>>>>>>>>>>> in xorg.conf) installed using >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> apt-get install fglrx-updates >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> on an ubuntu box ver 11.10, that's >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the output of uname -a: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Linux suino 3.0.0-14-server #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Nov 21 20:49:05 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> UTC 2011 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mike what's your xorg version and >>>>>>>>>>>>>> which driver are you using for your >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 5770? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm going to try to configure my Xorg >>>>>>>>>>>>>> dropping the binary only driver and using >>>>>>>>>>>>>> instead the one provided by: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> xserver-xorg-video-radeon >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> i.e. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.x.org/wiki/radeon >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll report back >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Andrea >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/22/2011 08:49 PM, mh wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Leif, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Following up on our irc session today: I >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> deleted /opt/e17/lib/enlightenment/conf_randr and restarted e. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Still >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> had the black screen with gkrellm. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Decided to try something else: I took the 5770 video card out >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> box and tried the onboard video, which is a Radeon HD 4200. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Restarted >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> e, and the display worked properly. Recompiled e to rev 66466, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and it >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> worked fine. Shutdown, the reinstalled the Radeon HD 5770 based >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> video >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> card and restarted, back to a black display with gkrellm still >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> working. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, from there I went back to the vt and recompiled e from v. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 66218 and >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> restarted e. Display and system worked fine. So that's where I'm >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> right now. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mike -- Leif ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. 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