Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 06:44:42 -0700 From: "Steven" <magusbaal@digitalbastards.net> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: XFree86 4.3.0 Matrox/MultiHead (Long!) Message-ID: <000001c2ec8b$5d40c3d0$3802a8c0@internal.digitalbastards.net> In-Reply-To: <3E75CF5D.9080702@arach.net.au>
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Are you using the 'nv' driver provided with X, or are you using NVIDIA's 'nvidia' driver[0]? I haven't a NVIDIA card in my FreeBSD box, but my = Linux box with gf4 & tnt2 work flawlessly with NVIDIA's 'nvidia' driver. May = be worth a shot, but YMMV. Does require a kernel recompile if the listed = option wasn't compiled in. Perhaps I'll find a TNT2 card laying around to throw = in my FBSD box and give this a try. [0] - http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=3Dfreebsd_1.0-3203 --=20 Steven "exitus acta probat" "fide, sed cui vide" =20 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Shaun Dwyer Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 6:36 AM Cc: Paul Boehmer; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86 4.3.0 Matrox/MultiHead (Long!) I just tested with an S3 virge. It has the same problem. However, its a process called 'Xfree86' which consumes the CPU (I was = wrong when=20 i previously said it was xdm. If I configure X to just use the matrox card (or the virge) it locks the console up, and nothing is displayed on the matrox/virge. Testing with the S3 virge, If in the bios I set the PCI graphics card to = be=20 init'd first, X will start on the virge fine when its configured as the only display. If I = set it to=20 use the Nvidia card only, It hangs and locks the console with the 'XFree86' process = using all=20 available CPU. The same goes for if the AGP card is set to init first in the bios, the = PCI=20 Virge/Matrox wont work at all. with the bios set to init the PCI card first, when I try to fire up xdm = with dual head mode enabled, I get the crosshatch from the S3 card, and nothing on the Nvidia card. I get the impression that whats failing is the (int10?) initialisation = of the=20 2nd display that isnt initialised by the motherboard bios. This probably isnt a port issue,=20 but an Xfree86 4.3.0 issue. This is assuming that the problem isnt with the Nvidia card's = driver. (the only thing that has remained constant. Have you done any further investigation yet Paul? --Shaun To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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