Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 06:44:42 -0700 From: "Steven" <magusbaal@digitalbastards.net> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: XFree86 4.3.0 Matrox/MultiHead (Long!) Message-ID: <000001c2ec8b$5d40c3d0$3802a8c0@internal.digitalbastards.net> In-Reply-To: <3E75CF5D.9080702@arach.net.au>
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Are you using the 'nv' driver provided with X, or are you using NVIDIA's 'nvidia' driver[0]? I haven't a NVIDIA card in my FreeBSD box, but my Linux box with gf4 & tnt2 work flawlessly with NVIDIA's 'nvidia' driver. May be worth a shot, but YMMV. Does require a kernel recompile if the listed option wasn't compiled in. Perhaps I'll find a TNT2 card laying around to throw in my FBSD box and give this a try. [0] - http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=freebsd_1.0-3203 -- Steven "exitus acta probat" "fide, sed cui vide" -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Shaun Dwyer Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 6:36 AM Cc: Paul Boehmer; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86 4.3.0 Matrox/MultiHead (Long!) I just tested with an S3 virge. It has the same problem. However, its a process called 'Xfree86' which consumes the CPU (I was wrong when i previously said it was xdm. If I configure X to just use the matrox card (or the virge) it locks the console up, and nothing is displayed on the matrox/virge. Testing with the S3 virge, If in the bios I set the PCI graphics card to be init'd first, X will start on the virge fine when its configured as the only display. If I set it to use the Nvidia card only, It hangs and locks the console with the 'XFree86' process using all available CPU. The same goes for if the AGP card is set to init first in the bios, the PCI Virge/Matrox wont work at all. with the bios set to init the PCI card first, when I try to fire up xdm with dual head mode enabled, I get the crosshatch from the S3 card, and nothing on the Nvidia card. I get the impression that whats failing is the (int10?) initialisation of the 2nd display that isnt initialised by the motherboard bios. This probably isnt a port issue, but an Xfree86 4.3.0 issue. This is assuming that the problem isnt with the Nvidia card's driver. (the only thing that has remained constant. Have you done any further investigation yet Paul? --Shaun To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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