Date: 29 Jul 1998 00:07:24 +0000 From: fbaumann@worldnet.fr (Frédéric Baumann) To: AIC7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: hanging 2940-AU: good points but still need help! Message-ID: <m37m0xv7sz.fsf@totor.worldnet.fr>
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PLEASE HELP ME !!!!!
NEARLY TWO WEEKS SPENT FOR THIS PROBLEM WITHOUT ANY RESULTS :--((((
I've already posted several messages in this mailing list, about the
problems I have in booting the kernel with the aic7xxx support.
While kernels 2.0.32, 2.0.35 with or without the pre5.1.0 patch hang
during the boot, I've just tried to compile the 2.0.29 kernel (with
aic7xxx support), and ****IT WORKS****
Hmmm, it ****** ALMOST ******* works :(
All looks fine in text mode (and btw, also in Win NT 4.0), but when I
start XFree86 with at least one graphical client (xterm, even without
any window-manager), then the system hangs (and the xterm window
partially drawn remains stuck on the screen).
I use my adaptec 2940-AU with only one SCSI device connected to it : a
Nikon CoolScan II scanner. I can scan pictures with the "scanimage"
command from the SANE software, but only in text mode.
I've tried several cables for the connection, it doesn't change anything.
I've tried to put my 2 PCI boards (2940-AU and video board STB
Velocity 3D) in different PCI slots, but it doesn't change anything.
What is curious is that before the 2940-AU, I've tried a Tekram DC-390U
SCSI controller. With it, the card also worked perfectly in text mode
(and Win NT 4.0), but when XFree was running, the "scanimage" command
caused a system hanging.
So with the two SCSI boards, I have similar problems.
As Doug suggested to me, it's probably a PCI problem related to
address conflicts. However, my /proc/pci says that the video board is
mapped in 0x80000000 and that the 2940 is mapped in 0x81000000. The
output of X seems to say that the video is at 0x80000000
More accurately:
*** extract of the output of startx ***
(--) S3V: PCI: ViRGE/VX rev 2, Linear FB @ 0x80000000
...
(--) S3V: videoram: 4096k
...
(--) S3V: local bus LAW is 0x800xxxxx
*************** end of extract ********
*** cat /proc/pci ***
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 19, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ViRGE/VX (rev 2).
Medium devsel. IRQ 255. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=255.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x80000000.
Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7861 (rev 3).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=4.
I/O at 0x4000.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x81000000.
Bus 0, device 12, function 0:
IDE interface: CMD 640 (buggy) (rev 2).
Medium devsel. IRQ 14.
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
Non-VGA device: Silicon Integrated Systems 85C503 (rev 0).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. No bursts.
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Unknown class: Silicon Integrated Systems 85C501 (rev 57).
Fast devsel. IRQ 60. Master Capable. No bursts. Max Lat=128.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x80000010.
Non-prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0x80000010.
Prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0x80000010.
Non-prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0x80000020.
*********************
Please help me!!!
Frederic
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