Date: 29 Apr 2002 15:48:04 -0500 From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> To: Stuart Barkley <stuartb@4gh.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New Laptop: i810: HELP Message-ID: <1020113285.39799.15.camel@ler-freebie.iadfw.net> In-Reply-To: <20020429161019.J72135-100000@precipice.4gh.net> References: <20020429161019.J72135-100000@precipice.4gh.net>
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On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 15:41, Stuart Barkley wrote: > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Larry Rosenman wrote: > > > * John Utz <john@utzweb.net> [020429 12:02]: > > > well xf86 reports an illegal opcode. that's bad. > > I'm pretty sure that is the primary problem. I have a similar problem > with a Toshiba Satellite 1005-S157. These notes are based upon my > memory from troubleshooting a few monthes ago. > > > Here is the latest log for reference: > > > > XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System > > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > > Release Date: 18 January 2002 > > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is > > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before > > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) > > Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.5 i386 [ELF] > > Module Loader present > > ... > > (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum > > ... > > c000:01a2: 62 ILLEGAL X86 OPCODE! > > I think both of these messages are related to the problem. I'm not > positive if there is a problem mapping the video BIOS or if the video > BIOS actually has an invalid checksum. My gut feeling, since XP was running just ducky, is that there is a mapping issue here. I've gotten in touch with Eric Anholt who seems to be working on the I830MG stuff in the agp.ko module. > > Looking at the XFree 4.2 code, It looks like there is an internal > 80x86 machine emulator used to switch screen modes. I added some > trace code to XFree86 and it looked like reasonable code up to this > point. Opcode 0x62 is not implemented in the emulator, but I added > crude emulation for it and got a little farther in the execution > before things died again. > > I needed to get some specific work done so I loaded RedHat 7.2 on > another partition and have been using that for a while. Last week I > started working with FreeBSD again and the audio problems seem to be > resolved in -stable, leaving X as my last major stumbling block (apm > and a few other things also had/have problems). Thanks for the reply. > > Stuart > -- > I've never been lost; I was once bewildered for three days, but never lost! > -- Daniel Boone -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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