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Date:      Sun, 6 Jan 2002 12:10:32 -0800
From:      "Jeff Shevlen" <jshevlen@passedpawn.com>
To:        <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   XFree86 V3.3.6 -VS- SiS 5998 / 6326
Message-ID:  <019b01c196ee$322a7270$b300a8c0@wenk>

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I'm XFree but there's still trouble I can't fathom.

I'm running FBSD 4.4 and trying to load the X environment only (no KDE,
Gnome, ...).  On startx the monitor pops, then there's a brief glimpse of X
(about a second), then the big disappointment - nothing.

A couple of days ago I had KDE running passibly, but now, trying to run just
the X environment, xserver fails.  I'm confused.

I've been through the XFree documentation on
http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/SiS3.html, and played around with the options
listed there, but still no X.  One interesting option btw is the (**) SVGA:
Option "xaa_benchmark"  -- see below -- which dumps the extra benchmarking
data to the bottom of the startx dump (starting at "CPU to framebuffer
...").  I don't know if this benchmark data is useful.

My questions could be summarized as follows:
1. Why does X work with KDE, but not without?  this seems a little
counter-intuitive
2. At the end of the startx dump, what does "^M" mean?  curious
3. Anyone tried Xfree version 4.x?

I'm going to try Gnome, WindowMaker and Blackbox next, but I thought I'd try
and get some answers regarding X first.

startx
---------

XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: xx November 2000
        If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
        than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
        problems.  (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE i386 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
  SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1):
      NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA TNT2,
      RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, GeForce 256,
      GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 GTS (rev1),
      GeForce2 Ultra, Quadro 2 Pro, GeForce2 MX, GeForce2 MX DDR,
      Quadro 2 MXR, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b,
      ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b,
      ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1,
      wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, r128, ati,
      sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597,
      sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540, tvga8200lx,
      tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000,
      tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420, tgui9420dgi,
      tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682,
      tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520,
      cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd, blade3d, cyberblade,
      clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430,
      clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd5465,
      clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543,
      clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, mga2064w,
      mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100, mgag400, oti067,
      oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308,
      ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv,
      ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, AP6422, AT24, AT3D, s3_savage,
      s3_virge, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200,
      ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546,
      ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200,
      ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740, i740_pci,
      i810, i810-dc100, i810e, Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, smi, generic
Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0)
(using VT number 9)

XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: model: "pc104"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us)" (overrides other XKB settings)
(**) Mouse: type: IntelliMouse, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200
(**) Mouse: buttons: 3, 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "SiS 5598 onboard AGP"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "Spectre D51 Monitor"
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 70.24 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 70.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 74.59 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 75.00 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 76.01 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 80.21 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted.
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/us
r/X11R6/lib/X11/font
s/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/
Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/
usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(--) SVGA: PCI: SiS 6326 rev 11, Memory @ 0xdf000000, MMIO @ 0xdfef0000, I/O
@ 0xcc00
Using XFree86 SiS driver version 3.0.0
(--) SVGA: using programmable clocks.
(--) SVGA: chipset:  sis6326
(**) SVGA: videoram: 4096k
(**) SVGA: Option "xaa_benchmark"
(**) SVGA: Using 8 bpp, Depth 8, Color weight: 666
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 175.500 MHz
(**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock =  69.650
(--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 800x600
(--) SVGA: SpeedUp code selection modified because virtualX != 1024
(--) SVGA: Using Linear Frame Buffer at 0x0df000000, Size 4MB
(--) SVGA: SIS: Memory mapped I/O selected at 0x0dfef0000
(**) SVGA: Using hardware cursor
(--) SVGA: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture)
(--) SVGA: XAA: Solid filled rectangles
(--) SVGA: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy
(--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 color expand pattern fill
(--) SVGA: XAA: Indirect CPU to screen color expansion (imagetext, polytext)
(--) SVGA: XAA: Using 6 128x128 areas for pixmap caching
(--) SVGA: XAA: Caching tiles and stipples

(--) SVGA: XAA: Horizontal and vertical lines and segments
CPU to framebuffer                               66.50 Mpix/sec (66.50 MB/s)
10x1 solid rectangle fill                        42.20 Mpix/sec (42.20 MB/s)
40x40 solid rectangle fill                      307.92 Mpix/sec (307.92
MB/s)
400x400 solid rectangle fill                    421.01 Mpix/sec (421.01
MB/s)
10x10 screen copy                                33.19 Mpix/sec (33.19 MB/s)
40x40 screen copy                                92.17 Mpix/sec (92.17 MB/s)
400x400 screen copy                             122.35 Mpix/sec (122.35
MB/s)
400x400 aligned screen copy (scroll)            123.73 Mpix/sec (123.73
MB/s)
10x10 8x8 color expand pattern fill              12.78 Mpix/sec (12.78 MB/s)
400x400 8x8 color expand pattern fill           419.14 Mpix/sec (419.14
MB/s)
416x400 scanline screen-to-screen color expand  197.78 Mpix/sec (197.78
MB/s)
10x10 screen-to-screen color expand              30.72 Mpix/sec (30.72 MB/s)
^M
waiting for X server to shut down
^M


-------------

XF86Config slices
-------------

# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "SiS 5598 onboard AGP"
    VendorName  "SiS"
    BoardName   "5598"
    VideoRam    8192
    # Option "no_accel" # Use this if acceleration is causing problems
    # Option "fifo_moderate"
    # Option "fifo_conserv"
    # Option "fifo_aggresive"
    # Option "fast_vram"
    # Option "pci_burst_on"
    Option "xaa_benchmark" # DON'T use with "ext_eng_queue" !!!
    # Option "ext_eng_queue" # Turbo-queue. This can cause drawing
                             # errors, but gives some accel
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# The Colour SVGA server

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "svga"
    # Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256
    #Device      "Generic VGA"
    Device      "SiS 5598 onboard AGP"
    Monitor     "Spectre D51 Monitor"
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        # Omit the Modes line for the "Generic VGA" device
        Modes       "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
        # Use Virtual 320 200 for Generic VGA
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "800x600" "1024x768" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "800x600" "1024x768" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes       "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection




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