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Date:      Thu, 16 Nov 2000 14:25:56 +0000
From:      Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com>
To:        K.J.Bosschaart@wtb.tue.nl
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Utah-GLX on Matrox G400 using DMA ?? 
Message-ID:  <17456.974384756@thrush.ravenbrook.com>
In-Reply-To: Message from "Karel J. Bosschaart" <karelj@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl>  of "Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:17:00 %2B0100." <20001116151700.A97625@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> 

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At 2000-11-16 14:17:00+0000, "Karel J. Bosschaart" writes:
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 02:04:30PM +0000, Nick Barnes wrote:
> > I have a new machine running 4.1-RELEASE and Utah-GLX.
> > 
> > When I start X, bI get this glx.log.  Note the "Device not configured"
> > message.  It's the same when I try to open /dev/agpgart manually
> > (e.g. cat /dev/agpgart > /dev/null gives "Device not configured").
> > 
> > The Mesa demos run OK; much faster than without Utah-GLX.  But as I
> > understand it, this agpgart failure means I am using PseudoDMA only,
> > which slows down the card and prevents direct rendering.
> > 
> > Any ideas?  I've studied the LINT configuration file and sys/pci/agp.c
> > but without success.
> >
> 
> Do you have the agp module loaded? I load it at startup with agp_load="YES"
> in /boot/loader.conf. Then I did 'sh MAKEDEV agpgart' in /dev.

I loaded the agp module with kldload; that didn't help.

Nick B

> However, when I start X I'm getting a DMA timeout, and a black screen.
> I need to reset via a remote login (actually a reboot to get the G400 back
> in order). 
> 
> I mailed to this list couple of days ago with a more extensive description.
> Alexander N. Kabaev <ak03@gte.com> reported that he has the same DMA timeout
> on another AGP chipset than what I have.
> 
> I don't have a solution (yet?) :-(.
> 
> Karel.
> 
> 

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