From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 16 14:20:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E00E11065672 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:20:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nathanw@uchicago.edu) Received: from agogare.doit.wisc.edu (agogare.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEF508FC1B for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:20:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nathanw@uchicago.edu) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-5.02 (built Oct 12 2007; 32bit)) id <0JXT00A00UISLV00@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:20:52 -0500 (CDT) Received: from trantor.tachypleus.net (adsl-99-154-4-131.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [99.154.4.131]) by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-5.02 (built Oct 12 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0JXT008OLUIQ5L10@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:20:51 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:24:36 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <20080316.215643.1631540974.furutaka@jb3.so-net.ne.jp> To: Kazuyoshi Furutaka Message-id: <47DD2DA4.8030105@uchicago.edu> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=99.154.4.131 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-7, Version=5.4.1.325704, Antispam-Engine: 2.6.0.325393, Antispam-Data: 2008.3.16.70344, SenderIP=99.154.4.131 References: <20060621.053952.1016293264.furutaka@jb3.so-net.ne.jp> <20080308.225313.-1541733130.furutaka@jb3.so-net.ne.jp> <47D2CC4A.5040806@uchicago.edu> <20080316.215643.1631540974.furutaka@jb3.so-net.ne.jp> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080302) Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alpha/67626 w/ 6.3-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:20:53 -0000 Kazuyoshi Furutaka wrote: > Hi all, > > From: Nathan Whitehorn > Subject: Re: alpha/67626 w/ 6.3-RELEASE (Re: alpha/67626: X crashes an alpha machine, resulting reboot) > Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:26:34 -0600 > >> I had this problem with xorg-server for a while (on a PC164). It >> turned out to be due to bad RAM. Replacing all 4 DIMMs with matched >> sticks solved the problem beautifully. Using the xorg vesa driver >> also worked. >> -Nathan > > Nathan, what X server are you using? (how did you build it?) > After seeing reboots caused by the XFree86-4 server, I've tried > to build xorg server using the ports but failed: `make install` > in /usr/ports/x11/xorg ended by saying > ===> xorg-server-1.4_3,1 does not run on ia64 alpha, while you are running alpha. This is with xorg-server. I had to patch it up a little to build. In particular, you need to remove the thing that says it doesn't run on alpha, and you need to patch it to link itself against libio. I don't remember where you need to do the second part -- it will become apparent though. -Nathan