From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Aug 22 13:55:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.xs4all.nl (smtp3.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8804A37B412 for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 13:55:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp3.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA01137; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 22:55:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f7MKtL733262; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 22:55:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 22:55:21 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Jim Pirzyk Cc: Andrew Gallatin , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86-4 and alpha DS10 Message-ID: <20010822225521.A33241@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <0108211748400B.25171@snoopy> <01082209254200.47205@snoopy> <15235.57688.52231.201459@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <01082209511502.47205@snoopy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <01082209511502.47205@snoopy>; from Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com on Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:51:15AM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:51:15AM -0700, Jim Pirzyk wrote: > On Wednesday 22 August 2001 09:44 am, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Jim Pirzyk writes: > > > Hmmm, Tried that version and it hung on me again (under 4.3-RELEASE) > > > Are you using the GENERIC kernel? I was not and this is my > > > next test. I also forgot to mention that I have the ATI xpert 128 > > > pci card in the system (with 16MB) of ram. I also get a 'beep' right > > > after I do the 'X -probeonly'. > > > > I suspect that its not making it through the BIOS emulator in XFree86 > > -- ati cards are supposed to be especially bad at this. I've heard > > that some ATI cards don't even make it through the SRM console bios > > emulation code & are not usable as console devices. Can you use your > > graphics head as a console? > > > > Can you try a different card? Like a Permedia-2 based card (like the > > ELSA that DEQ ships w/their workstations) or a Matrox? > > I do use the card as a console device. I had picked this card because > it was listed as a card that worked with the DRI on an alpha system, > but maybe not with the version of the SRM that I have (I do have > 5.5 on it). Maybe I should upgrade the SRM on the system. If all > else fails, I do have a Matrox Millenium II card that I can try out. SRM 5.5 is rather old. But Alphas can be picky as far as PCI cards go. -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message