From: Andrew McGregor <andrew@indranet.co.nz>
To: gene.heskett@verizon.net
Cc: linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] O13int for interactivity
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 17:03:56 +1200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1800000.1060837436@ijir> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200308130833.43362.gene.heskett@verizon.net>
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Ah. I see you have framebuffer console on, whereas I have plain VGA
console only. Try turning framebuffer off; two drivers for the same
hardware may well fight over it. My X isn't patched, it just has their
driver modules and the libraries installed.
Andrew
--On Wednesday, August 13, 2003 08:33:43 AM -0400 Gene Heskett
<gene.heskett@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 August 2003 01:43, Andrew McGregor wrote:
>> --On Wednesday, August 13, 2003 01:24:31 AM -0400 Gene Heskett
>>
>> <gene.heskett@verizon.net> wrote:
>>> Unrelated question: I've applied the 2.6 patches someone pointed
>>> me at to the nvidia-linux-4496-pkg2 after figuring out how to get
>>> it to unpack and leave itself behind, so x can be run on 2.6 now.
>>> But its a 100% total crash to exit x by any method when using it
>>> that way.
>>>
>>> Has the patch been updated in the last couple of weeks to prevent
>>> that now? It takes nearly half an hour to e2fsck a hundred gigs
>>> worth of drives, and its going to bite me if I don't let the
>>> system settle before I crash it to reboot, finishing the reboot
>>> with the hardware reset button.
>>>
>>> Better yet, a fresh pointer to that site.
>>
>> http://www.minion.de/
>>
>> Works fine for me, as of 2.6.0-test1 (which is when I downloaded the
>> patch). I don't get the crash on either of my systems (GeForce2Go
>> P3 laptop and GeForce4 Athlon desktop).
>>
>> Andrew
>
> I see some notes about patching X, which I haven't done. That might
> be it. I also doublechecked that I'm running the correct makefile,
> and get this:
>
> [root@coyote NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2]# ls -lR * |grep Makefile
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3623 Jul 16 22:56 Makefile
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7629 Aug 5 22:24 Makefile
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7629 Aug 5 21:46 Makefile.kbuild
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4865 Aug 5 21:46 Makefile.nvidia
> [root@coyote NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2]# cd
> ../NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2-4-2.4/ [root@coyote
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2-4-2.4]# ls -lR * |grep Makefile -rw-r--r--
> 1 root root 3623 Jul 16 22:56 Makefile
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5665 Jul 16 22:56 Makefile
> [root@coyote NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2-4-2.4]#
>
> My video card, from an lspci:
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX
> DDR] (rev b2)
>
> And the XFree86 version is:
> 3.2.1-21
>
> Interesting to note that the 'nv' driver that comes with X
> does not do this. But it also has no openGL and such.
> We are instructed to remove agp support from the kernel, and
> use that which is in the nvidia kit, and I just checked the
> .config, and its off, so thats theoreticly correct. A grep
> for FB stuff returns this:
>
> CONFIG_FB=y
># CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS is not set
># CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set
># CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set
># CONFIG_FB_IMSTT is not set
># CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set
> CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
># CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set
> CONFIG_FB_RIVA=y
># CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set
># CONFIG_FB_RADEON is not set
># CONFIG_FB_ATY128 is not set
># CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set
># CONFIG_FB_SIS is not set
># CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC is not set
># CONFIG_FB_3DFX is not set
># CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1 is not set
># CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT is not set
># CONFIG_FB_PM3 is not set
># CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set
>
> I'd assume the 'RIVA' fb is the correct one, its working in
> 2.4, although I can induce a crash there by switching from X
> to a virtual console, and then attempting to switch back to X.
> That will generally bring the machine down. It is perfectly ok
> to do that, repeatedly, when running the nv driver from X.
>
> --
> Cheers, Gene
> AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M
> Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M
> 99.27% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
> Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message
> by Gene Heskett are:
> Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-08-14 5:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-08-04 16:07 [PATCH] O13int for interactivity Con Kolivas
2003-08-04 18:24 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-08-04 19:15 ` Antonio Vargas
2003-08-04 21:32 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-04 20:11 ` Mike Galbraith
2003-08-04 22:11 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-05 7:10 ` Mike Galbraith
2003-08-05 2:11 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-05 2:20 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-05 2:21 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-05 3:06 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-05 3:17 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-06 18:48 ` Interactivity improvements Timothy Miller
2003-08-06 19:01 ` Mike Fedyk
2003-08-06 20:09 ` Helge Hafting
2003-08-06 21:15 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-05 3:18 ` [PATCH] O13int for interactivity Con Kolivas
2003-08-05 3:31 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-05 5:04 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-05 5:12 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-05 5:16 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-05 5:28 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-05 10:22 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-05 10:32 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-05 10:45 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-05 10:48 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-05 10:56 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-05 11:03 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-05 11:12 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-05 11:23 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-05 11:34 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-05 10:54 ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-08-05 11:10 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-06 21:33 ` Timothy Miller
2003-08-06 21:33 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-07 0:27 ` Timothy Miller
2003-08-07 0:27 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-07 0:44 ` Timothy Miller
2003-08-11 6:48 ` Rob Landley
2003-08-11 15:47 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-08-12 2:51 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-12 6:16 ` Mike Galbraith
2003-08-12 7:07 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-12 7:18 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-12 9:42 ` Mike Galbraith
2003-08-12 21:11 ` Mike Fedyk
2003-08-13 6:55 ` Mike Galbraith
2003-08-12 9:22 ` Mike Galbraith
2003-08-12 9:37 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-12 9:48 ` Mike Galbraith
2003-08-12 10:29 ` Rob Landley
2003-08-12 11:08 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-12 11:35 ` Rob Landley
2003-08-12 11:58 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-13 2:08 ` jw schultz
2003-08-13 3:07 ` Gene Heskett
2003-08-13 3:24 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-13 5:24 ` Gene Heskett
2003-08-13 5:43 ` Andrew McGregor
2003-08-13 12:33 ` Gene Heskett
2003-08-14 5:03 ` Andrew McGregor [this message]
2003-08-14 10:48 ` Gene Heskett
2003-08-12 15:36 ` Timothy Miller
2003-08-05 6:03 ` Andrew Morton
2003-08-05 7:26 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-05 8:12 ` Oliver Neukum
2003-08-05 8:20 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-05 8:27 ` Mike Galbraith
2003-08-05 8:43 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-05 9:09 ` Mike Galbraith
2003-08-05 9:19 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-05 10:04 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-11 6:57 ` Rob Landley
2003-08-11 15:58 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-08-05 7:53 ` Mike Galbraith
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[not found] ` <jUl6.5eh.1@gated-at.bofh.it>
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2003-08-13 13:48 ` Pascal Schmidt
2003-08-13 14:50 ` Gene Heskett
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-08-06 10:35 Voluspa
2003-08-04 19:12 Voluspa
2003-07-27 15:12 [PATCH] O10int " Con Kolivas
2003-07-28 18:08 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-07-28 18:40 ` Andrew Morton
2003-08-04 18:51 ` [PATCH] O13int " Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-08-04 18:58 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-08-04 21:46 ` Con Kolivas
2003-08-04 22:16 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
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