Re: X 4.2 pre1v4 + Xinerama + Gatos
On Don, 2002-09-05 at 13:49, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> Le jeu 05/09/2002 à 13:39, Michel Dänzer a écrit :
> > On Don, 2002-09-05 at 11:39, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> > > Le mer 04/09/2002 à 22:36, Michel Dänzer a écrit :
> > > > On Mit, 2002-09-04 at 14:34, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > This setup works well with X 4.1 + Gatos drivers, but not with the pre
> > > > > 4.2 debs. If I use the Gatos drivers, Xv and tuner work (on the r128),
> > > > > but X hangs the whole machine very often (often when using Xv or tuner
> > > > > or galeon),
> > > >
> > > > The GATOS drivers are probably missing patch #072 from the debs.
> > >
> > > The problem is that X locks my machine with pure 4.2 debs when using
> > > only Galeon. So it's not Xv related (AFAIK your patch is "DMAforXv" in
> > > config file).
> > >
> > > My machine still freezes regularly, and looses some files in the
> > > process. That's pretty annoying.
> >
> > If you have the DRI enabled but don't need it, disable it.
>
> I would really like to have DRI enabled, but Xinerama automatically
> disables it ...
How so?
> the bug must be in the MMIO acceleratin routines.
Maybe; you could try isolating the offending acceleration function with
the "XaaNo..." options.
But have you even confirmed the Rage128 card really causes the problems?
What driver do you use for the nVidia card?
Anyway, this would probably be more appropriate for Xpert or a GATOS
list.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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