Re: [gentoo-user] Slow X startup

[Chris I]

On 2003.08.28 20:48, Andrew Farmer wrote:
Lately, I've noticed that X seems to take entirely too long to come
up.
After starting xdm, the machine takes as much as perhaps 25 to 35
seconds to display the login screen -- it used to take just one or two
--
and switching to the X virtual terminal from a console takes 12
seconds
or more: at first, I just get a blank VC, then the XDM panel is
partially
displayed for another five seconds or so with a frozen cursor, before
I
can log in. My XF86Config is attached. As implied in the file, I'm
using
a Rage128 (yes, old) with a PS2 mouse. The setup has worked in the
past
without problems... I'm using ~x86 world, though.
(and snippit)

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "USBMouse"
Driver  "mouse"
Option  "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option  "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
Option  "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option  "Buttons" "5"
EndSection
Does it make a difference on whether you are starting X with or without 
your USB mouse present? I would think that X might have a problem as 
the mouse0 device does not always exist unless there is actually a 
mouse0. Try /dev/input/mice, which includes all input/mouseX devices, 
if you ever have more than one, but more importantly: it always there.

(more snip)
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "gpm"
Driver  "mouse"
Option  "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option  "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"
Option  "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option  "Buttons" "5"
EndSection
Does it also make a difference if you do not start gpm and comment out 
this section in your config? I'm not familiar with gpm usage, so it is 
just a suggestion to try and either narrow down the problem, or cancel 
this as a cause.

Also, have you had a look through X's log file? Anything interesting 
pop up in there?

--

Chris I

Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
-- Thomas Jones

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[gentoo-user] Slow X startup

[Andrew Farmer]

Lately, I've noticed that X seems to take entirely too long to come up.
After starting xdm, the machine takes as much as perhaps 25 to 35
seconds to display the login screen -- it used to take just one or two --
and switching to the X virtual terminal from a console takes 12 seconds
or more: at first, I just get a blank VC, then the XDM panel is partially
displayed for another five seconds or so with a frozen cursor, before I
can log in. My XF86Config is attached. As implied in the file, I'm using
a Rage128 (yes, old) with a PS2 mouse. The setup has worked in the past
without problems... I'm using ~x86 world, though.

-- 
Andrew Farmer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
# vim: set ts=8:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier  "StdLayout"
Screen 0"Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "PS2Mouse" "CorePointer"
#InputDevice"USBMouse" "SendCoreEvents"
#InputDevice"gpm" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Kbd104" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath  "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load"record"
Load"extmod"
Load"dbe"
Load"dri"
Load"glx"
Load"xtrap"
Load"type1"
Load"speedo"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Kbd104"
Driver  "keyboard"
Option  "XkbRules"  "xfree86"
Option  "XkbModel"  "pc104"
Option  "XkbLayout" "us"
Option  "XkbOptions""altwin:meta_super,ctrl:nocaps"
Option  "Xleds" "1 2 3"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "USBMouse"
Driver  "mouse"
Option  "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option  "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
Option  "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option  "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "PS2Mouse"
Driver  "mouse"
Option  "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option  "Device" "/dev/misc/psaux"
Option  "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option  "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "gpm"
Driver  "mouse"
Option  "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option  "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"
Option  "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option  "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize  320   240 # mm
Identifier  "Samsung700IFT"
VendorName  "Samsung"
ModelName   "Samsung 700IFT"
HorizSync   30.0 - 96.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option  "DPMS"
EndSection

### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False",
### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel"   # []
#Option "SWcursor"  # []
#Option "Dac6Bit"   # []
#Option "Dac8Bit"   # []
#Option "DMAForXv"  # []
#Option "ForcePCIMode"  # []
#Option "CCEPIOMode"# []
#Option "CCENoSecurity" # []
#Option "CCEusecTimeout"# 
#Option "AGPMode"   # 
#Option "AGPSize"   # 
#Option "RingSize"  # 
#Option "BufferSize"# 
#Option "Display"   # 
#Option "PanelWidth"# 
#Option "PanelHeight"   # 
#Option "ProgramFPRegs" # []
#Option "UseFBDev"  # []
#Option "VideoKey"  # 
#Option "ShowCache" # []

Section "Device"
Identifier  "Rage128"
Driver  "ati"
VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName   "Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS"
BusID   "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode0666
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier  "Screen0"
Device  "Rage128"
Monitor "Samsung700IFT"
DefaultDepth24
SubSection "Display"
Depth   24
Modes   "1600x1200"
EndSubSection
EndSection



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