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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
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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                               
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