Hi Alex, I am now on AGP 4x and AGP Fastwrite=enabled in BIOS. Had a system freeze yesterday while screensaver was running. But I could not find anything in the usual log files...
I will now see if it happens again. Regards Jürgen --- Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am Mo, 10.11.2008: > Von: Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Betreff: Re: System freeze - is X the reason? > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: xorg@lists.freedesktop.org > Datum: Montag, 10. November 2008, 16:23 > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 3:06 AM, Juergen Gaida > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alex, > > > > ah, ok, wasnt sure about "any"...sometimes a > problem for non-native EN'ers. > > > > I will give it a try. > > > > Is there some explanation behind these switches? > > Option "DRI" "False" > > Disables 3D support and use of the drm for command > submission. > > Option "AGPMode" "4" > > force the AGP mode to 4x (default is whatever the hw is set > to by the bios) > > Option "BusType" "PCI" > > Force use of PCI gart rather than AGP gart > > > > What is then about all the acceleration (3D, > Direct???) of the card and the so called compositor... > > (I am quite new to Linux, so I am not used to this > terminology and all that stuff). > > > > DRI support (3D) is required for GL-based compositors like > compiz. > > Alex > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Regards > > Jürgen > > > > > > --- Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb > am Mo, 10.11.2008: > > > >> Von: Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Betreff: Re: System freeze - is X the reason? > >> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> CC: xorg@lists.freedesktop.org > >> Datum: Montag, 10. November 2008, 6:33 > >> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Juergen Gaida > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Alex, > >> > > >> > somewhat later than expected, but... > >> > > >> > Finally, my Zenwalk is up and running since > some > >> hours... > >> > > >> > What I did: > >> > 1. Went in MB BIOS and set AGP Speed to 4x > (instead of > >> 8x (was before) or automatic) > >> > 2. Applied the changes you proposed in > Xorg.conf (all > >> 3 lines in the graphic card device section) > >> > > >> > So, what did the trick? > >> > > >> > How can I/we get to the point to know which > of the > >> settings makes the system stable or the opposite? > >> > > >> > >> Try each setting (driver and bios) individually. > The > >> options I suggested: > >> Option "DRI" "False" > >> Option "AGPMode" "4" > >> Option "BusType" "PCI" > >> only have an effect individually. > >> > >> Alex > >> > >> > >> > Any hint where to start and any 'stress > test' > >> to get a result sooner than after hours or days? > >> > > >> > Thank you so far! > >> > > >> > Best regards > >> > Jürgen > >> > > >> > --- Alex Deucher > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb > >> am Fr, 7.11.2008: > >> > > >> >> Von: Alex Deucher > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> Betreff: Re: System freeze - is X the > reason? > >> >> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> CC: xorg@lists.freedesktop.org > >> >> Datum: Freitag, 7. November 2008, 0:00 > >> >> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Juergen > Gaida > >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> > Alex, > >> >> > > >> >> > I will try, but its midnite, so > maybe later > >> on Friday. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> No problem. > >> >> > >> >> > Other observation: When the system > is getting > >> off from > >> >> pute Text output, some messages get fancy > letters > >> (looks > >> >> like everything kyrillic and all kind of > >> "extra" > >> >> signs). > >> >> > Does it mean anything? > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> the vga fonts may not be restored > properly. > >> >> > >> >> Alex > >> >> > >> >> > Thank you so far > >> >> > jpg > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > --- Alex Deucher > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb > >> >> am Do, 6.11.2008: > >> >> > > >> >> >> Von: Alex Deucher > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> >> Betreff: Re: System freeze - is > X the > >> reason? > >> >> >> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> >> CC: xorg@lists.freedesktop.org > >> >> >> Datum: Donnerstag, 6. November > 2008, > >> 23:33 > >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:21 PM, > Juergen > >> Gaida > >> >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> >> > Hi, > >> >> >> > I am having serious trouble > in > >> getting > >> >> Zenwalk 5.2 > >> >> >> running on my machine - > currently the > >> only Linux > >> >> running is > >> >> >> the Knoppix 4.0 Live-CD (I have > tested > >> several). > >> >> >> > Zenwalk 5.2 installs, but > freezes > >> randomly, > >> >> but soon. > >> >> >> > The Xorg.O.log tells a lot, > but I > >> dont > >> >> understand lot > >> >> >> of this stuff. > >> >> >> > However, at the end of the > log, > >> there is a > >> >> >> "tossed event" and > some other > >> lines > >> >> which tell me > >> >> >> no good. > >> >> >> > But where to start solving > the > >> problem - if > >> >> thats the > >> >> >> cause of freezing the system. > >> >> >> > I have put the log file on > pastebin: > >> >> >> > > http://pastebin.com/m23e8d2d5 > >> >> >> > >> >> >> It could be. Do any of the > following > >> option help > >> >> (add them > >> >> >> to the > >> >> >> device section of your config): > >> >> >> Option "DRI" > "False" > >> >> >> Option "AGPMode" > "4" > >> >> >> Option "BusType" > >> "PCI" > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Alex > >> >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> >> xorg mailing list > >> >> >> xorg@lists.freedesktop.org > >> >> >> > >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > _______________________________________________ > >> >> xorg mailing list > >> >> xorg@lists.freedesktop.org > >> >> > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> xorg mailing list > >> xorg@lists.freedesktop.org > >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > xorg mailing list > xorg@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg