Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 22:57:43 -0800 From: Justin Wolf <jjwolf@bleeding.com> To: Justin Wolf <jjwolf@bleeding.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: X-Server hard crashes when started Message-ID: <01BC414B.9B9028C0@crimson>
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Ok, here's what happened (for future reference):
(Part of this thread is in the emails to Jochim Kuebart)
I had wanted to make sure that the server was going to work at all on my machine, so I set it up with what I thought was the lowest common denominator. This was an SVGA monitor and VGA16 driver. However, after looking at the logs, I realized that what was happening is that the init code thought that all the modes were invalid and "deleted" them (see repaste of log below). Then tried to switch to the lowest resolution (which was not non-existent). Thinking that perhaps the accelerated setup might have more luck, I tried this (XF32_P9000). This works fine. (I also entered the exat parameters for my NEC 3D monitor.)
So, I don't know exactly which part of the server was killing the OS, but by making it use a more complex setup, it seems to work much better. Maybe someone else could try starting the XServer on an accelerated system (or even a P9000) with the same LCD (lowest common denominator) settings and see what happens.
Now I've got other problems... look in the other threads from me to see. :)
-Justin
(repaste of log (note, this is from a startx init, not the xdm-errors file))
XFree86 Version 3.2 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6100)
Release Date: Oct 26 1996
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 2.2.0
Configured drivers:
VGA16: server for 4-bit colour VGA (Patchlevel 0):
et4000, et4000w32, et4000w32i, et4000w32p, et4000w32p, et6000, et3000,
ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, ati, sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, tvga8200lx,
tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000,
tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9320lcd, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420,
tgui9420dgi, tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, tgui9660xgi, tgui9680, oti067,
oti077, oti087, oti037c, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, generic
MONO: server for interlaced and banked monochrome graphics adaptors
(Patchlevel 0):
hgc1280, sigmalview, apollo9
Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0)
(using VT number 4)
XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us)" (overrides other XKB settings)
(**) Mouse: type: MouseSystems, device: /dev/cuaa0, baudrate: 1200
(**) VGA16: Graphics device ID: "My Video Card"
(**) VGA16: Monitor ID: "My Monitor"
(--) VGA16: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 35.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 35.52 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 36.46 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 37.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 48.08 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 48.36 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 56.48 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 51.02 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 62.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 64.25 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "320x240" needs hsync freq of 39.38 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "400x300" needs hsync freq of 35.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "400x300" needs hsync freq of 37.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "400x300" needs hsync freq of 48.08 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 35.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 37.80 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 39.56 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 48.00 kHz. Deleted.
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75
dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
(--) VGA16: oti087: ISA card in a 16-bit AT-BUS slot.
(--) VGA16: oti087: MemBase for Linear Addressing will be
(--) VGA16: oti087: set at 0xE00000 (the 14Mbyte mark).
(--) VGA16: oti087: BT476,SC11487,IMSG174 or equivalent RAMDAC.
(--) VGA16: chipset: oti087
(--) VGA16: videoram: 256k (using 256k)
(--) VGA16: clocks: 25.17 28.32 28.32 28.32 25.17 28.32 28.32 28.32
(--) VGA16: clocks: 25.17 28.32 28.32 28.32 25.17 28.32 28.32 28.32
(--) VGA16: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 80.000 MHz
(**) VGA16: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 25.175, clock used = 25.170
(--) VGA16: There is no mode definition named "800x600"
(--) VGA16: Removing mode "800x600" from list of valid modes.
(**) VGA16: Virtual resolution set to 800x600
(**) VGA16: oti087: FIFO depth: 6.
(**) VGA16: oti087: VLB interface: All wait states.
(**) VGA16: oti087: Chipset speed: 50 Mhz.
(**) VGA16: oti087: BitBlt engine status: Disabled.
(**) VGA16: oti087: Addressing Mode: Segmented.
(**) VGA16: oti087: page size: 64 Kb.
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From: Doug White[SMTP:dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu]
Sent: Friday, April 04, 1997 1:17 PM
To: Justin Wolf
Cc: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'
Subject: RE: X-Server hard crashes when started
On Thu, 3 Apr 1997, Justin Wolf wrote:
> I'm afraid I'm a bit new to this... which program should I capture?
> xdm, xstart, x (and what it links to), xinit, or which? Thanks for the
> help... I'd like to get this up and running.
I would like to see the X server output. If xdm is set to start
automatically, the output will be in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors.
Doug White | University of Oregon
Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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