Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 10:42:22 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Walt Pawley" <walt@wump.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X ATI driver? Message-ID: <ef10de9a0606170842t9a297d1l2f611e772244bbb5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <a05210200c0b95015c8d9@10.0.0.10> References: <a05210200c0b95015c8d9@10.0.0.10>
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On 6/17/06, Walt Pawley <walt@wump.org> wrote: > I have an old box I've been messing with. I had it running X on > FreeBSD 5.3, seemingly well enough. I decided to move to 6.1, > installed more RAM, a bigger hard disk and a CD-RW drive that > can see CD-Rs (unlike the original old SCSI CD drive) and chose > an "install everything" from CD. Things went well ... until I > tried bringing up X. > > Since then, I've been studying, hunting through archives, etc. > and have become mired in too much data. So, I'm asking for help. > > Here's what happens when I configure and then text X ... > > vulcan# Xorg -configure > > X Window System Version 6.9.0 > Release Date: 21 December 2005 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9 > Build Operating System: FreeBSD 6.1 i386 [ELF] > Current Operating System: FreeBSD vulcan.wump.org 6.1-RELEASE > FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May 7 04:42:56 UTC 2006 > root@opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 > Build Date: 24 March 2006 > Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org > to make sure that you have the latest version. > Module Loader present > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jun 16 23:12:36 2006 > List of video drivers: > apm > ark > ati > atimisc > chips > cirrus > cyrix > dummy > glint > i128 > i740 > i810 > mga > neomagic > nsc > nv > r128 > radeon > rendition > s3 > s3virge > savage > siliconmotion > sis > tdfx > tga > trident > tseng > via > vmware > vesa > vga > (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new" > > > Xorg detected your mouse at device /dev/sysmouse. > Please check your config if the mouse is still not > operational, as by default Xorg tries to autodetect > the protocol. > > Your xorg.conf file is /root/xorg.conf.new > > To test the server, run 'X -config /root/xorg.conf.new' > > vulcan# gdb X > GNU gdb 6.1.1 [FreeBSD] > Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are > welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. > Type "show copying" to see the conditions. > There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. > This GDB was configured as "i386-marcel-freebsd"...(no > debugging symbols found)... > (gdb) run -config /root/xorg.conf.new > Starting program: /usr/X11R6/bin/X -config /root/xorg.conf.new > (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols > found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols > found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols > found)... > X Window System Version 6.9.0 > Release Date: 21 December 2005 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9 > Build Operating System: FreeBSD 6.1 i386 [ELF] > Current Operating System: FreeBSD vulcan.wump.org 6.1-RELEASE > FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May 7 04:42:56 UTC 2006 > root@opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 > Build Date: 24 March 2006 > Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org > to make sure that you have the latest version. > Module Loader present > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jun 16 23:14:02 2006 > (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new" > (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols > found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols > found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols > found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols > found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols > found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols > found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols > found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols > found)...(no debugging symbols found)... > Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. > 0x0809854d in xf86strncasecmp () > (gdb) bt > #0 0x0809854d in xf86strncasecmp () > #1 0x286a7cb9 in ATIProcessOptions () from > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/atimisc_drv.so > #2 0x286b8748 in ATIPreInit () from > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/atimisc_drv.so > #3 0x0806e2f1 in InitOutput () > #4 0x080c3d84 in main () > (gdb) > > I don't really know how to use gdb effectively, but this makes > it look like the ATI driver is getting tangled up processing > the configuration file to me. ??? > -- > What kind of ATI card is this?... Here's a wild guess: it might be the DRI/DRM crap, disable it, in xorg.conf, and try again: Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "glx" <----- Load "dri" <----- Load "dbe" Load "record" Load "xtrap" Load "type1" Load "freetype" EndSection -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/
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