Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 08:19:49 -0700 From: Chris H <chris#@1command.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: failed to set mtrr: invalid argument Message-ID: <20090520081949.214uzidku8woksw8@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <1242829489.1752.80.camel@balrog.2hip.net> References: <20090518222644.k2pez2x9q88o4k8g@webmail.1command.com> <3a142e750905182328m60439dfcgadd4c28ba037400e@mail.gmail.com> <20090518234011.k55bmqq3488kko8c@webmail.1command.com> <1242740785.1752.4.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <20090519101524.z0z98wnwg00wccsc@webmail.1command.com> <1242760122.1752.17.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <20090519125924.q79c5na0e888s8sk@webmail.1command.com> <1242773639.1752.40.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <20090519161031.oz51pawluss8wss0@webmail.1command.com> <1242826891.1752.58.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <3a142e750905200716t318dfc30x77cfa2fa9a2478ac@mail.gmail.com> <1242829489.1752.80.camel@balrog.2hip.net>
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Quoting Robert Noland <rnoland@freebsd.org>: > On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 16:16 +0200, Paul B. Mahol wrote: >> On 5/20/09, Robert Noland <rnoland@freebsd.org> wrote: >> > On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 16:10 -0700, Chris H wrote: >> >> > So, zapping is off by default now in 1.6.x. If you want it, add >> >> Option >> >> > "DontZap" "off". The cross hatch is also gone, that is what the >> >> -retro >> >> > option is supposed to do. The session leader in a failsafe twm >> >> session >> >> > is the left hand xterm. Typing exit in that window should exit the >> >> > session. >> >> >> >> DOH! Sorry. My bad. I have since determined that turning off hald && >> >> dbus >> >> improve performance. I built the X server with the hald option picked. >> >> But, when I bounced the box, and started an X session (with a WM), >> >> performance was improved. BUT. Performance pretty much sucks. I have 4 >> >> of these boards running with the onbord (mach64) video, and the mere >> >> 2Mb >> >> built in RAM. They run with better performance than does this one with >> >> (200Mhz less CPU) comparable RAM && this one has 64Mb onboard && a >> >> faster >> >> Gpu. But they also run 6.4-STABLE && xorg-6.9. >> >> So, I'm going to experiment by rebuilding the X server w/o the HAL >> >> driver - make option && untick HAL. Then portupgrade -fi xorg-server. >> >> >> >> I'll report back should there be any improvement. >> > >> > So, the use of hal or not shouldn't produce any performance difference. >> > It is only used to detect input devices kbd/mouse. >> > >> > One thing that I have discovered and I'm hoping for someone to send me a >> > patch, is that if you build xorg-server without hal support it doesn't >> > get linked to pthread libraries. This causes issues with libdrm on >> > Intel at least. Not sure what else may be impacted. >> >> I ignored this info first time, but I will ask now. Does this implies >> that libthr is listed in Xorg ldd(1) output? >> >> I use server build without hal support on 945GM(irq not MSI) and I do >> not experience problems with drm/dri/OpenGL/xv or whatever other >> protocol you name it. > > Yes, if xserver is built with HAL support, I see it linked with libthr. > If HAL is disabled, it doesn't appear to be. I'm trying to remember > exactly what the reported issue was, but I think it was X crashing on > exit. I can verify that that /is/ an issue. My first experience/experiment with an nVidia card bit me this way. I built xorg w/o hal, and sure enough, every time I left X, the drives started rumbling - then I got console to see the message: xorg dumped core signal #. So I always build it with hal - whether I use it or not. :) --Chris H > > robert. > >> > There is also my nouveau patch that you could try. That should get you >> > EXA and Xv acceleration with the nouveau driver. Overall the reports >> > that I've been getting have been good. >> > >> > robert. >> > >> >> Thank you very much Robert, for all your time and efforts. >> > -- >> > Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> >> > FreeBSD >> > >> >> > -- > Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> > FreeBSD >
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