Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:11:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> To: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: trouble with xf86-video-intel Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.0903211006560.9583@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <1237616552.1758.19.camel@balrog.2hip.net> References: <alpine.GSO.1.10.0903210141270.9583@multics.mit.edu> <1237616552.1758.19.camel@balrog.2hip.net>
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On Sat, 21 Mar 2009, Robert Noland wrote: > On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 02:01 -0400, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm installing xorg on an lenovo thinkpad T400, and am running into >> some problems. On the first try, running `X` would produce the >> familiar grey background with x-shaped cursor, and ctrl-alt-backspace >> would not kill the X server. I could still switch to a vty and >> ctrl-C it, but the Xorg.log.0 was not terribly enlightinging. >> >> There was a suspicious warning in the log, "ESR is 0x00000010, page >> table error", and after a bit of googling, I found this post: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg553679.html >> that thread links here: >> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel/commit/?h=xf86-video-intel-2.4-branch&id=01bbbd8c6c73229b5cb0c88e8eb2ac9b49a5dad8 >> >> The patch does not apply cleanly at all, but changing the definition of >> DSPARB_HWCONTROL to include "|| IS_GM45(pI810)" helps a little bit, >> in that I can now kill the X server with ctrl-alt-backspace. >> (I suppose I should add that if I switched "intel" to "vesa" in the >> xorg.conf, I could also kill the X server in such a fasion.) >> >> However, X still does not respond to my mouse events, or >> give me the xterm that's in my .xinitrc . >> >> I will post my Xorg.0.log here: >> http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb.mit.edu/user/kaduk/freebsd/glossolalia/ >> This still has the page table error, and the comment that >> "Existing errors found in hardware state." is rather suspicious, >> though I don't have enough experience with this to know for sure. > > Sounds like you are running a default config which expects to have dbus > and hald running... You either need to start them, or add Option > "AutoAddDevices" "off" to your ServerLayout or ServerFlags section. Actually, poking around a bit more, it seems that my trackpoint is not being picked up by sysmouse, which is a rather different issue. If I plug in a USB mouse, things work just fine. Sorry for the noise, Ben Kaduk
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