Re: [XFree86] bug
Thats my problem too using the savage driver. On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 16:20, Eugene Ostapkovich wrote: XFree86 Bug/Test Report Form Please fill in as many of the fields a possible, and return this form to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Replace the comments in [] with your own text. VERSION: 4.3.0 VIDEO DRIVER: [i830] OPERATING SYSTEM: [Linux Mandrake 9.0/9.1rc2] VIDEO CARD: [i830m] MODEL: [i830m - integrated Intel Almador-M on Acer TravelMate 620] GRAPHICS CHIPSET: [i830] RAMDAC: [Usually only relevant for old cards] CLOCKCHIP: [Usually only relevant for old cards] VIDEO MEMORY: [4mb shared, but not sure] BUS TYPE: [integrated] REPORT: [after changing modes in XFree to text, or any other graphical mode, (by default am uising is 1024x768) can't return to graphics anyhow, the result is only black empty screen. Or, other words to say, - if am changing virtual consoles (Ctrl-Alt-F1,F2 etc, then back Alt-F7) or just changing modes, can't get screen with all X stuff back, only black emptyness :( after switching once, can switch only between text with no problem. After reboot everything is fine till I switch from graphics to text. ] $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/BugReport.cpp,v 1.1 2001/01/15 23:00:01 dawes Exp $ ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
[XFree86] Video Card Question
I'm building a new computer and thought maybe the X experts could give me their advice on which is the best video card with the best support under X. Basically I'm looking for highest resolution:color depth and easy setup under X. Thank you.
Re: [XFree86] X 4.3 Freezes Computer when restarting
On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 08:13, Dexter Filmore wrote: On 16 Mar 2003 06:01:17 -0500 Ken Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I try to restart X 4.3 my computer freezes completely after the > screen goes blank. Something about X is not shutting down properly. I > use Gnome 2.2, but it can't be that because this also occured when using > twm as the window manager. What could cause X to behave this way? > What distro and hardware setup? Dex ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 I'm running on a 433mHz Celron with an i440BX Abit board, Diamond Stealth III 32mb (savage) video card, 512mb RAM, wd 40gb ide drive, and slackware 8.1 with dropline gnome 2.2.0 using X 4.3.0. I've already updated the BIOS to it's latest and greatest. ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Re: X 4.3 Freezes Computer when restarting
On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 08:55, Michel Dänzer wrote: On Son, 2003-03-16 at 10:50, Ken Stanley wrote: > On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 04:25, Tom Wesley wrote: > > On 16 Mar 2003, Ken Stanley wrote: > > >When I try to restart X 4.3 my computer freezes completely after the > > >screen goes blank. Something about X is not shutting down properly. I > > >use Gnome 2.2, but it can't be that because this also occured when > > > using twm as the window manager. What could cause X to behave this > > > way? > > Are you using the framebuffer? That can sometimes freeze when leaving x. That's news to me. > I don't believe so. The only frame buffer I know about is when I use > the vga option from LILO -- and up until an hour ago I couldn't use > LILO because my mainboard didn't recognize my hard drive. I flashed my > BIOS to fix that, also in hopes to fix X somehow. Didn't fix X. But I > did find out that it has no problem using a different video > card/mainboard/cpu. Could it somehow be a conflict between the savage > driver and GDM? No, but there tend to be problems on server reset because those code paths are only rarely tested in the drivers - see the recent threads about lockups on server reset with the radeon driver. Restarting the server instead of only resetting it usually works around these problems; for gdm, set AlwaysRestartServer=true in gdm.conf to achieve that. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 Actually in the latest version of GDM it's default to restart the server: # If you are having trouble with using a single server for a long time and # want gdm to kill/restart the server, turn this on # Note: I've made this default to true now because there seem to be some # issues ranging from some things not being reset in the X server to # pam issues with the slave. It is likely that this feature may be removed # in the future and we're always going to do server restarts.
Re: [XFree86] Re: X 4.3 Freezes Computer when restarting
On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 04:25, Tom Wesley wrote: On Sunday 16 March 2003 12:04, Ken Stanley wrote: > On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 01:42, Mike A. Harris wrote: > > On 16 Mar 2003, Ken Stanley wrote: > >When I try to restart X 4.3 my computer freezes completely after the > >screen goes blank. Something about X is not shutting down properly. I > >use Gnome 2.2, but it can't be that because this also occured when > > using twm as the window manager. What could cause X to behave this > > way? > > Try disabling your sound card, so that sound drivers do not load > at all. Then try starting and stopping X. If that solves it, > then the sound drivers are potentially buggy. > > > Actually, I don't have sound enabled already because this computer > doesn't have a sound card. And when I tried compiling a new kernel I > didn't compile sound drivers. I turned them off. > > Another common problem is APM. Disable APM in your BIOS, and > disable apmd from being loaded at OS boot time. > > Same as above, I don't have it, disabled it, and did not compile it in > the customer kernel. Someone on another forum suggested it might be a > hardware issue and to see if there is an update to my BIOS. I am going > to try that first. Another thing I can try is to switch the hard drive > out with the Windows 2000 machine and try to load X that way... that > would definately tell if it's hardware. > > > If neither suggestion works, it could be an X bug possibly, or > perhaps something else. > > -- > Mike A. Harris Are you using the framebuffer? That can sometimes freeze when leaving x. Tom I don't believe so. The only frame buffer I know about is when I use the vga option from LILO -- and up until an hour ago I couldn't use LILO because my mainboard didn't recognize my hard drive. I flashed my BIOS to fix that, also in hopes to fix X somehow. Didn't fix X. But I did find out that it has no problem using a different video card/mainboard/cpu. Could it somehow be a conflict between the savage driver and GDM? I feel like I've made progress, but I'm not sure how much or in which direction.
Re: [XFree86] Re: X 4.3 Freezes Computer when restarting
On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 01:42, Mike A. Harris wrote: On 16 Mar 2003, Ken Stanley wrote: >When I try to restart X 4.3 my computer freezes completely after the >screen goes blank. Something about X is not shutting down properly. I >use Gnome 2.2, but it can't be that because this also occured when using >twm as the window manager. What could cause X to behave this way? Try disabling your sound card, so that sound drivers do not load at all. Then try starting and stopping X. If that solves it, then the sound drivers are potentially buggy. Actually, I don't have sound enabled already because this computer doesn't have a sound card. And when I tried compiling a new kernel I didn't compile sound drivers. I turned them off. Another common problem is APM. Disable APM in your BIOS, and disable apmd from being loaded at OS boot time. Same as above, I don't have it, disabled it, and did not compile it in the customer kernel. Someone on another forum suggested it might be a hardware issue and to see if there is an update to my BIOS. I am going to try that first. Another thing I can try is to switch the hard drive out with the Windows 2000 machine and try to load X that way... that would definately tell if it's hardware. If neither suggestion works, it could be an X bug possibly, or perhaps something else. -- Mike A. Harris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
[XFree86] X 4.3 Freezes Computer when restarting
When I try to restart X 4.3 my computer freezes completely after the screen goes blank. Something about X is not shutting down properly. I use Gnome 2.2, but it can't be that because this also occured when using twm as the window manager. What could cause X to behave this way? ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
[XFree86] [XFree86(TM) Bug Report] XFree86 4.3.0 Mouse stops responding after using KVM switch
Regarding: XFree86 4.3.0 Mouse stops responding after using KVM switch Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] XFree86 Version: XFree86 Version 4.3.0 OS: Linux 2.4.20 i686 [Elf] Area: Xserver Server: XFree86 (The XFree86 4.x server) Video Card: X Driver: S3 Inc. Savage 4 Video RAM: 32mb Manufacturer: Diamond Stealth III Description: XFree86 Version 4.3.0 Release Date: 27 February 2003 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.20 i686 [ELF] Build Date: 01 March 2003 Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/ to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Mar 13 13:06:13 2003 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" (==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Sony CPD-G220R" (**) | |-->Device "Savage4" (**) |-->Input Device "IntelliMouse Explorer" (**) |-->Input Device "Micro Innovations" (**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104" (**) XKB: model: "pc104" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us" (**) XKB: layout: "us" (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" (**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" (++) using VT number 7 (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device) (II) Module ABI versions: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2 XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6 XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4 XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2 XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6 (II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1 (II) PCI: Config type is 1 (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x, mode1Res1 = 0x8000 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,7190 card , rev 03 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,7191 card , rev 03 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 8086,7110 card , rev 02 class 06,01,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 8086,7111 card , rev 01 class 01,01,80 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:07:2: chip 8086,7112 card , rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:07:3: chip 8086,7113 card , rev 02 class 06,80,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 1050,0940 card , rev 00 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:0f:0: chip 5333,8a22 card 1092,4207 rev 02 class 03,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 10ec,8029 card , rev 00 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: End of PCI scan (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 0 I/O range: [0] -1 0 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] (II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) PCI-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0080 (VGA_EN is cleared) (II) Bus 1 I/O range: [0] -1 0 0xd000 - 0xdfff (0x1000) IX[B] (II) PCI-to-ISA bridge: (II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:7:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set) (--) PCI:*(0:15:0) S3 Inc. Savage 4 rev 2, Mem @ 0xee00/19, 0xe000/27, BIOS @ 0xed00/16 (II) Addressable bus resource ranges are [0] -1 0 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] [1] -1 0 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] (II) OS-reported resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0xffe0 - 0x (0x20) MX[B](B) [1] -1 0 0x0010 - 0x3fff (0x3ff0) MX[B]E(B) [2] -1 0 0x0
[XFree86] Two Mouse Issues w/4.3.0
I have two mouse issues I have been looking to fix. The first was kind of touched on a little in another thread, but if you don't mind I'll rehash it some here. I have a KVM switch that I use to go between Linux and Windows. It works fine under Windows, but under Linux (XFree 4.3.0) the mouse freezes when switching back. The only reason I bring it up again is because I used to use Mandrake 9.0 (XFree 4.2.1) and it was never a problem. I could switch back and forth all day long and no problems. It seems something has changed (IMHO for the worse) in 4.3.0 that takes that functionality away. I've also set my mouse protocol to "Auto" which doesn't help either. While the switching to a VT is a work-around, it doesn't seem that it would be viable to have to do that every single time. Could this possibly be a bug, or maybe even a piece of code was taken out of the 4.3.0 that inadvertantly caused this new unwanted behavior? Could someone with knowledge of the source possibly look into that? My second issue is with my scroll button. Again, using 4.2.1 it worked beautifully. However again, in 4.3 no matter what settings I use in my XF86Config I just cannot get my wheel to scroll. My mouse section looks like: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "IntelliMouse Explorer" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "Auto" Option "Device""/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection Is there something there that is missing or wrong that I need to change to get the wheel to function properly? I know X is recognizing it's existence because if I press down on the wheel it either pastes text from the clipboard or goes to whatever link my mouse is over in Mozilla. Thanks, Ken Stanley Team ZX ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
