Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:18:19 -0800 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "Andrew Gallatin" <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: "Schroeder, Aaron" <Aaron.Schroeder@qg.com>, <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: XFree86-4 Built From Ports Dumps Core Message-ID: <003901c2924b$50fee600$6e2a6ba5@tagalong> References: <025596A38A894B45AFE62346A6BF47464E3217@waexch1.qgraph.com><000b01c29230$5a334470$0301a8c0@bigdaddy> <15838.15400.402699.945697@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Gallatin" <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: "Schroeder, Aaron" <Aaron.Schroeder@qg.com>; <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 6:16 AM Subject: Re: XFree86-4 Built From Ports Dumps Core > > Drew Tomlinson writes: > > Thanks for the help. I'm real new to the Alpha and haven't found much in > > the way of documentation on the web. I can tell from the console 'show > > config' command that my graphics card is in slot 4. Do you have any idea if > > this is a 32 or 64 bit slot? If I physically open the box, can I tell the > > difference by looking? How? I assume the 64 bit slots would be longer as > > they'd have more pins? > > > Yes. You can also tell via 'pciconf -lv' from FreeBSD, or 'show > conf' at the SRM prompt. > > The 64-bit slots are directly on the main pci bus; the 32-bit slots > are behind a dec pci-pci bridge. If your video board is in a 64-bit > slot, it should appear on bus 0. Thanks for the tips. I ran the commands and sure enough, the card was on pci0. I opened the box and moved the card to one of the shorter PCI slots, assuming it was a 32 bit one. When I rebooted the machine, the card now shows up on pci1. 'XFree86 -configure' still dumps core. I noticed errors in the logs regarding SYSV stuff that wasn't available so I adding it to my kernel and rebuilding. I also ran xf86config and generated a basic config file using card 284 (2064 driver) and appropriate entries for my monitor. 'startx' brings up X windows with twm but the picture quality is really bad. It's bad at all resolutions and color depths. Are there any specific settings in the X config file that I should look for? Thanks, Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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