From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 12 16:38:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D64E41065673 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9594F8FC1B for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LXeZl-0006CV-CF for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:16 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.238]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LXeZh-0001ag-1n for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:05 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost.men.bris.ac.uk [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n1CGc4kn048947 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:04 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n1CGc17f048946 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:01 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:01 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090212163801.GA48919@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-Spam-Score: -1.4 X-Spam-Level: - Cc: Subject: X -config -> failed to set mtrr: invalid argument X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:18 -0000 On 8.0-current i386 with i845 chipset I gave up on agp and intel driver. I tried vesa and got failed to set mtrr: Invalid argument ^C failed to unset mtrr: No such file or directory # tail -5 /var/log/Xorg.0.log (==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear (==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear (==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear (==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear (==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear # the same error was reported earlier: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-January/191357.html EA EA eitanadlerlist at gmail.com Sun Jan 25 05:51:26 PST 2009 __________________________________________________________________ In my third attempt to get any form of a working X server I tried the xf86-video-vesa driver. (x11/nvidia-driver fails, x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv fails) I get the following error message: failed to set mtrr: Invalid argument In Xorg.log I have the following line at the end" (==) VESA(0): Write combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear __________________________________________________________________ not sure what platform this was. Any advice? many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423