From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 11 04:08:12 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 440F716A418 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:08:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nathanw@uchicago.edu) Received: from relay03.uchicago.edu (relay03.uchicago.edu [128.135.12.77]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CB9013C455 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:08:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nathanw@uchicago.edu) Received: from harper.uchicago.edu (harper.uchicago.edu [128.135.12.7]) by relay03.uchicago.edu (8.13.6.20060614/8.12.9) with ESMTP id m1B48BtJ022967; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:08:11 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (nathanw@localhost) by harper.uchicago.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id m1B48Bpn013552; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:08:11 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: harper.uchicago.edu: nathanw owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:08:11 -0600 (CST) From: Nathan Whitehorn To: obrien@freebsd.org, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <47A335E6.9090209@uchicago.edu> Message-ID: References: <20080201053023.GC79823@dragon.NUXI.org> <47A335E6.9090209@uchicago.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Subject: Re: No X server on Alpha? X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:08:12 -0000 On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > David O'Brien wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 09:42:05AM -0600, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >>> After forcing xorg-server to link -lio, everyone works perfectly. I even >>> have Firefox (1.5) and pidgin running without issue. And with the recent >> >> Can you send a patch in to fix the port(s)? > > Unfortunately, my Alpha has some hardware issue and will no longer boot. It [snip] The issue was faulty RAM, and the machine now runs stably. Is a patch still needed? Also, a summary of bugs using my alpha as a workstation: 1. X.org doesn't compile because of the mentioned libio issue. 2. Occasional vector 670 machine checks associated with sio(4): unexpected machine check: mces = 0x1 vector = 0x670 param = 0xfffffc0000006068 pc = 0xfffffc0000847184 ra = 0xfffffc0000847160 curproc = 0xfffffc001f5677a0 pid = 11, comm = swi4: clock sio The manual says this has to do with cache or TLB errors, or writes to invalid I/O addresses. 3. pidgin hangs while trying to autodetect my IP address, but works if I tell it not to. Other than that, everything is stable and works fine (even Firefox, which has historically had problems on LP64 systems). Having the Pyxis DMA bug gone is really fantastic. Since this machine is way quieter than my x86, I'm going to use it as my primary machine for the near future -- I'm writing this email on it right now, in fact. -Nathan