Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 01:58:40 -0600 From: Chris Wasser <cwasser@v-wave.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD 4.1.1 & X11 Linux EMU -- Broken? Message-ID: <20001005015840.A9878@area51.v-wave.com>
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Before I get onto the story here, a little box history:
Copyright (c) 1992-2000 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 4.1.1-STABLE #0: Sat Sep 30 13:57:55 MDT 2000
root@area51.v-wave.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/AREA51
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 400911139 Hz
CPU: Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron (400.91-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x652 Stepping = 2
Features=0x183f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR>
real memory = 134217728 (131072K bytes)
avail memory = 127557632 (124568K bytes)
Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc02f0000.
VESA: v3.0, 16320k memory, flags:0x1, mode table:0xc029a662 (1000022)
VESA: NVidia
Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
pcib0: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) PCI-PCI (AGP) bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
pci1: <NVidia Riva TNT2 graphics accelerator> at 0.0 irq 3
isab0: <Intel 82371AB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 ATA33 controller> port 0xf000-0xf00f at device 7.1 on pci0
ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
pci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> at 7.2 irq 10
chip1: <Intel 82371AB Power management controller> port 0x5000-0x500f at device 7.3 on pci0
dc0: <LC82C115 PNIC II 10/100BaseTX> port 0xd400-0xd4ff mem 0xee000000-0xee0000ff irq 11 at device 13.0 on pci0
dc0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:cc:32:9a:d8
miibus0: <MII bus> on dc0
dcphy0: <Intel 21143 NWAY media interface> on miibus0
dcphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
atapci1: <HighPoint HPT366 ATA66 controller> port 0xe000-0xe0ff,0xdc00-0xdc03,0xd800-0xd807 irq 4 at device 19.0 on pci0
ata2: at 0xd800 on atapci1
atapci2: <HighPoint HPT366 ATA66 controller> port 0xec00-0xecff,0xe800-0xe803,0xe400-0xe407 irq 4 at device 19.1 on pci0
ata3: at 0xe400 on atapci2
isa0: too many dependant configs (8)
isa0: unexpected small tag 14
fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: model MouseMan+, device ID 0
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
sc0: <System console> on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x200>
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 drq 3 on isa0
ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/16 bytes threshold
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
sbc0: <Creative SB AWE64> at port 0x220-0x22f,0x330-0x331,0x388-0x38b irq 5 drq 1,5 on isa0
sbc0: setting card to irq 5, drq 1, 5
pcm0: <SB DSP 4.16> on sbc0
joy0: <Generic PnP Joystick> at port 0x200-0x207 on isa0
IP Filter: v3.4.8 initialized. Default = pass all, Logging = enabled
ad4: 12416MB <QUANTUM FIREBALL CR13.0A> [25228/16/63] at ata2-master using UDMA66
acd0: CDROM <ASUS CD-S400> at ata0-master using UDMA33
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad4s2a
cd9660: RockRidge Extension
(should be noted it's a 32MB TNT2U [Diamond Viper 770 Ultra], not 16MB)
Software:
XFree86 4.0.1 (/var/db/pkg/XFree86-4.0.1 is dated Jul 29th, 2000)
Wordperfect 8 for Linux (Commercial)
COMPAT_LINUX and linux_base are installed. My XF86 is pretty old simply because it's a serious pain in the ass to update
certain X components (such as X itself -- uninstall, reinstall; libpng is another problem port too in this sense, you can
update the port but other ports which require libpng look for the previous version rather then the newer one [a "problem"
the port maintainers should "look into" <ahem> -- It should be noted that if this is because there's something I missed, I
apologize and should rtfm])
Wordperfect installs fine, although when it gets to the end of the install there's a HUGE delay (5 minutes at least) but the
install process completes without errors. I then proceed to fire up WP8 and there's more huge delays before any windows are
displayed. Opening any "sub-window" within WP8 (such as spell-checker) also takes a hit with a delay (same amount of time) and
my X cursor changes from "active" to "busy" and I can't do anything but move the mouse around until the window is drawn on the
desktop.
I'm not sure if the problem is with the linux compat, my XF86, or perhaps I need to increase SYSVSHM (although I have
increased it already from previous problems with XF86 4.x.x when it first was released) -- There's no error output of any
kind, the process (xwp) in a ps report is marked as sleeping before the window is displayed. The only problem is massive
delays before any window activity (create/delete) or when another window overlaps WP8 (whether it's its own sub-windows or
other X windows such as terms) and there's a big delay and the window that was covered is updated (during the delay there's
just a big blank area waiting to be filled)
Other then the slow execution of the software, it does run correctly otherwise. My main question is has anyone else
encountered this problem with WP8 (commerical or otherwise) on a 4.x box and resolved it? Any ideas where I should be looking
to resolve this problem? This is actually the only Linux software I run and I only want it working so I can ditch my Win32
dual-boot partition.
Everything else as usual is peachy with my BSD box :) Just this one minor hiccup. Any replies (good or bad) are welcome.
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