On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Geoffrey wrote: > >>>Try removing the BusID from the Rage Pro's device section.
> >>Well, I stuck the rage card into another box, used XFree86 -configure > >>and the card works fine. the BusID entry was added to the config as > >>well, inspite of the fact it's a single card in the box. > >>I don't have another box that has an agp card slot, so I'm not going to > >>be able to test the radeon/rage together until I have some time to > >>figure out why it's locking my box up. > >>Thanks for the insights, further suggestions will be appreciated as I'd > >>really like to get this going. > > Well, if you want to figure out why it hangs, you'll have to let it hang. > > What's left of the log when this happens would be useful. However, for > > that to be most useful, an install of the current sources is in order. Up > > to you. > I'm game, but everytime I've pulled cvs, I couldn't get it to compile. > Now I'm no guru, but I do C for a living, but for the life of me I > couldn't figure out the various issues. I'll give it another spin though. > When you say let it hang, I'm not sure I understand. What I believe is > happening is a panic of some sort, which would seem to indicate to me > that there is no further log activity. I've checked the xfree log under > /var/log and it appears to me that the logging has stopped and there's > no real useful information. > Are you suggesting that if I'd wait long enough, X would give up and I'd > have access to the box again? If so, I'd like to kick myself, as all > along, I've been assuming this was a 'no return' problem that was only > resoveable via power down. > That's based on the fact that keyboard leds don't function and I can't > access the box via network from machines that have normal connectivity > to this same box. That's a hang. The box is not responding to anything. I'd like to see what's left of /var/log/XFree86.0.log after the reboot that's needed to get it out of that state. Marc. +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Computing and Network Services | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | | 352 General Services Building | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | University of Alberta +-----------------------------------+ | Edmonton, Alberta | | | T6G 2H1 | Standard disclaimers apply | | CANADA | | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ XFree86 Core Team member. ATI driver and X server internals. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
