Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 08:08:58 -0700 From: Chris H <chris#@1command.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: failed to set mtrr: invalid argument Message-ID: <20090520080858.ocms6q32800w48o8@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <1242826891.1752.58.camel@balrog.2hip.net> References: <20090518222644.k2pez2x9q88o4k8g@webmail.1command.com> <20090518224246.0qrzye1z40w4ws8g@webmail.1command.com> <20090518232019.36g94wxl7zeo088g@webmail.1command.com> <3a142e750905182328m60439dfcgadd4c28ba037400e@mail.gmail.com> <20090518234011.k55bmqq3488kko8c@webmail.1command.com> <1242740785.1752.4.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <20090519101524.z0z98wnwg00wccsc@webmail.1command.com> <1242760122.1752.17.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <20090519125924.q79c5na0e888s8sk@webmail.1command.com> <1242773639.1752.40.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <20090519161031.oz51pawluss8wss0@webmail.1command.com> <1242826891.1752.58.camel@balrog.2hip.net>
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Quoting Robert Noland <rnoland@freebsd.org>: > On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 16:10 -0700, Chris H wrote: >> > So, zapping is off by default now in 1.6.x. If you want it, add >> Option >> > "DontZap" "off". The cross hatch is also gone, that is what the >> -retro >> > option is supposed to do. The session leader in a failsafe twm >> session >> > is the left hand xterm. Typing exit in that window should exit the >> > session. >> >> DOH! Sorry. My bad. I have since determined that turning off hald && >> dbus >> improve performance. I built the X server with the hald option picked. >> But, when I bounced the box, and started an X session (with a WM), >> performance was improved. BUT. Performance pretty much sucks. I have 4 >> of these boards running with the onbord (mach64) video, and the mere >> 2Mb >> built in RAM. They run with better performance than does this one with >> (200Mhz less CPU) comparable RAM && this one has 64Mb onboard && a >> faster >> Gpu. But they also run 6.4-STABLE && xorg-6.9. >> So, I'm going to experiment by rebuilding the X server w/o the HAL >> driver - make option && untick HAL. Then portupgrade -fi xorg-server. >> >> I'll report back should there be any improvement. > > So, the use of hal or not shouldn't produce any performance difference. > It is only used to detect input devices kbd/mouse. > > One thing that I have discovered and I'm hoping for someone to send me a > patch, is that if you build xorg-server without hal support it doesn't > get linked to pthread libraries. This causes issues with libdrm on > Intel at least. Not sure what else may be impacted. Indeed, I believe my performance issues were a combination of hal, and dbus polling, and my still tweaking X. Probably not /just/ hal/dbus - tho hal /did/ add a keyboard and mouse on top of those already declared in xorg.conf :/ > > There is also my nouveau patch that you could try. That should get you > EXA and Xv acceleration with the nouveau driver. Overall the reports > that I've been getting have been good. HAH! I've already been trolling the nVidia site, and the ports page on FreeBSD - found that driver - looks interesting. But I think I'd like to start with the nVidia driver, and utilities from their site first. Thanks again for all your time and dedication. --Chris H > > robert. > >> Thank you very much Robert, for all your time and efforts. > -- > Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> > FreeBSD >
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