From owner-aic7xxx Fri Aug 28 08:26:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA01346 for aic7xxx-outgoing; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 08:26:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dledford.dialnet.net (dledford.dialnet.net [206.65.249.116]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA01339 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 08:26:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dledford@dialnet.net) Received: from dialnet.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dledford.dialnet.net (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id KAA17354; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:25:01 -0500 Message-ID: <35E6CBCD.2A82E1A@dialnet.net> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:25:01 -0500 From: Doug Ledford X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.1.115 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alex Farber CC: aic7xxx Mailing List Subject: Re: no luck with AIC7890 and X-Windows References: <35E5F84C.DD17D9F4@kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Alex Farber wrote: > > Hi, > > I am really envious when reading all the success messages in this list. > > I have an ASUS-mainboard with AIC7890 and an Ultra2 IBM disk. Also an IDE > disk (where Red Hat 5.1 is installed) and Diamond V330 PCI-graphic card. > > I have tried pre6 and pre7 patches with 2.0.35-2 kernel and I can > mount the /dev/sda1 (even with vfat) when using console. But when > I start X-Windows, everything hangs and I see just black screen. > X-Windows works fine with the same kernel w/o patches. > > What could it be? Is there maybe some connection between PCI and SCSI? > I tried disabling/enabling different SCSI BIOS options - no luck. > > So, please don't stop working on the AIC7XXX patch. This sounds like your video card and the aic7xxx controller have overlapping IO regions. Check the output of /proc/pci to make sure. If you have to, try moving the video card to a different PCI slot and resetting the PCI configuration data in the motherboard BIOS. -- Doug Ledford Opinions expressed are my own, but they should be everybody's. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-aic7xxx" in the body of the message