From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 22 23:28:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D297F37B401 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 23:28:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BA1A43FD7 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 23:28:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3N6S6tv007959; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 08:28:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h3N6S5qQ007954; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 08:28:05 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 08:28:05 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Roberto de Iriarte Message-ID: <20030423062805.GB7887@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <5A28E196-7532-11D7-BB82-0030657D1C94@bigw.org> <3EA5E6F9.6040205@spock.cl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EA5E6F9.6040205@spock.cl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with Matrox Mystique in 1000A X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 06:28:09 -0000 On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 01:06:01AM +0000, Roberto de Iriarte wrote: > Dan Williams wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >In my AS 1000A 5/400, I've put a Matrox Mystiqe with 4MB of VRAM. Its > >got the 1064SG chip, which is supported by X11 and the mga accelerated > >driver. However, XFree86 under both 1024x768x16 and 800x600x16, I get > >_bad_ graphics corruption, consisting of vertical yellow lines down > >the screen in all windows and graphics elements. Of note is that this > >card is from a PC. Is there anything I can do about this? Is it > >something Alpha or bus speed related? Should I try another slot? Its > >in the slot the original card was in... > > Yes, you should, your system has a pci<->pci bridge. The 64 bit slot(s), > if availible, are in front of the bridge. Try that. Otherwise (I'm AS1000A does not have 64 bit PCI slots. The topmost 3 are the primary PCI bus, there is a silkscreen text on the mainboard indicating which are primary and which are secondary slots. Worth trying.. > sorry, i do not own an AS1000A, so i cannot tell you what slot to use) > look in the system documentation. PCI Video cards should not be > installed behind the bridge for that very reason (I remember seeing the > very same problem under NT on my AS2100A wth a Matrox). -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte