Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 16:58:04 -0700 From: Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86-4 and alpha DS10 Message-ID: <iss.430a.3b90248d.64c9f.1@mercury.fan.fa.disney.com>
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So now I have tried the Matrox Millenium II card and I get the same
results, so I do not believe it is the ATI card's problem but more
with the system itself or the way I have X/kernel configured.
I did upgrade the SRM to 5.8-10 and it also did not make a difference.
- JimP
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:51:15AM -0700, Jim Pirzyk wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 August 2001 09:44 am, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> > Jim Pirzyk writes:
> > > Hmmm, Tried that version and it hung on me again (under 4.3-RELEASE)
> > > Are you using the GENERIC kernel? I was not and this is my
> > > next test. I also forgot to mention that I have the ATI xpert 128
> > > pci card in the system (with 16MB) of ram. I also get a 'beep' right
> > > after I do the 'X -probeonly'.
> >
> > I suspect that its not making it through the BIOS emulator in XFree86
> > -- ati cards are supposed to be especially bad at this. I've heard
> > that some ATI cards don't even make it through the SRM console bios
> > emulation code & are not usable as console devices. Can you use your
> > graphics head as a console?
> >
> > Can you try a different card? Like a Permedia-2 based card (like the
> > ELSA that DEQ ships w/their workstations) or a Matrox?
>
> I do use the card as a console device. I had picked this card because
> it was listed as a card that worked with the DRI on an alpha system,
> but maybe not with the version of the SRM that I have (I do have
> 5.5 on it). Maybe I should upgrade the SRM on the system. If all
> else fails, I do have a Matrox Millenium II card that I can try out.
SRM 5.5 is rather old. But Alphas can be picky as far as PCI cards go.
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