On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 13:47, Peter Surda wrote: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 04:07:27AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 03:49, Peter Surda wrote: > > > - there are minor display distortions (parts of screen remain black, basically > > > the kde splash screen is completely fscked, but it sorts out later).
BTW is the problem only at the server start or also later? > > Does the R128BlockHandler() function of the driver you're using contain > > a FLUSH_RING(); ? > Yes it does. It could be possible that this bug is triggered by tvout int10, > because it manifests itself as overwriting certain videoram parts with 0's. > OTOH splash screen looks ok if I disable dri .... It's still a possibility because 2D acceleration works quite differently with DRI enabled now. > > > - when I do a chvt 1;chvt 7, X starts eating all the CPU time and 2d > > > accelerated functions seize working (mouse can be moved but kde panel > > > doesn't pop up). killall X doesn't work, killall -9 X does. When this bug > > > feels like it should become especially mean to me, this killall -9 X causes > > > a complete machine lockup. > > In R128EnterVT(), try moving the R128ModeInit() and R128EngineInit() > > calls before the code guarded by #ifdef XF86DRI. > Yes, you were absolutely right, as always, this wasn't there and moving the > lines fixed the bug for good. > > Syslog still complains CONTINUOSLY though, but I think that isn't so important > now. While others have reported the same errors, I haven't seen them here. Do they always appear, or only under certain circumstances, e.g. running GL or Xv clients or whatever ? > > Those are fixes I made in DRI CVS some time ago, but at least the first > > one is in XFree86 CVS now. > I see. > > Volodya, pls commit the second one. In r128_driver.c, there is a R128EnterVT > function, and you only have (as Michel says) move ModeInit and EngineInit (3 > lines) before the #ifdef XF86DRI. > > Same goes for xf86 maintainers (Marc, Mike, Michel, whoever feels like doing > it), pls commit in case it isn't there yet. Yes, someone please merge it from DRI to XFree86 CVS. If this isn't fixed in 4.2.0, I expect it to generate quite some traffic on these lists. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
