Oops, sorry, that was from 68113. Installing latest now, will resend when complete.
On Feb 21, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Leif Middelschulte wrote: > Hi mike, > > thanks for your report. > > 2012/2/21 mh <mhe...@member.fsf.org>: >> 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 <leif.middelschu...@gmail.com>: >>>>> >>>>> 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 <mhe...@member.fsf.org>: >>>>> >>>>>> 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 <mhe...@member.fsf.org>: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 23, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Leif Middelschulte wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 2011/12/23 mh <mhe...@member.fsf.org>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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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