Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 14:49:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Ken Marx <kmarx@bigshed.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, x@suse.de Subject: Re: diamond GL Fire 1000 problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811101448130.2215-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3648A75C.CAB62C80@bigshed.com>
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On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Ken Marx wrote: > I just bought an 8mb diamond GL Fire 1000 pro (AGP) graphics card. > > I did get X up using the XFCom_3DLabs server for freeBSD (2.2.6) > that I found via suse. > > I'm seeing some very strange behavior(s) though and can't find > any mention in FAQ's at freebsd or XFree86. Does this ring > a bell for anyone and/or any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance... > > What I see is: > - lots of console messages: "calcru: negative time: -16060891 usec" > (many various usec values here) > - the whole machine seems to run very sluggishly, even in non-graphics mode > - the calcru stuff seems mainly to start happening after having > started the XFCom_3DLabs server that I had to download. But the > sluggishness occurs even before that. Hm, looks like the video card is creating a lot of interrupt latency. > - In graphics mode very odd stuff is evident: > - xclock with almost any args streams miriad messages: > "Warning Select failed: error code 22" System error 22 is EINVAL, Invalid argument. > So, a lot of this seems like I should be bugging the X-server author, > but the calcru stuff makes me suspicious. Should I just swap the > board? Suspect something with motherboard? Or...? It's probably the X server. Make sure you're on the very newest version. > One more question: There is supposedly a new version of xf86Config as > well, but I could only find the binray for Linux(?), none for freeBSD. Not that I'm aware of. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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