Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:51:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Thorsten Greiner <thorsten.greiner@web.de> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NVidia glx stuff dies in sysarch(I386_SET_LDT, ...) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0308011349180.46065-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <20030801195308.GA713@tybalt>
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On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Thorsten Greiner wrote: > Hi, > > after upgrading the Kernel I found that the glx-related programs of > the NVidia graphics driver die in calls to sysarch. Here is a truss > fragment of a 'glxinfo' run: > > sysarch(0x1,0xbfbffb14) ERR#22 'Invalid argument' > SIGNAL 10 > SIGNAL 10 > Process stopped because of: 16 > process exit, rval = 138 > > In the sysarch call the first argument indicats - according to > machine/sysarch.h - a call of I386_SET_LDT. For 4.X it was necessary > to enable USER_LDT in the kernel config. This option is no longer > present in the kernel config (the NVidia driver worked without > before my cvs update...). > Hmmm, well I know we changed the semantics of the I386_SET_LDT call a bit but as far as I could see it was a backwards compatible change.. can you compile your sys_machdep.c with the option -DDEBUG? I noticed there is a debug printf that is enabled byu this and may show what request the NVIDIA people are making. > Best regards > > -Thorsten > > -- > For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, > and wrong. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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