From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Feb 28 15:10:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C7A637B990 for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:10:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: from yedi.iaf.nl (uucp@localhost) by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (8.9.2/8.9.2) with UUCP id AAA18096; Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:04:58 +0100 (MET) Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA04562; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 23:55:46 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wilko) Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 23:55:46 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Andrew Gallatin Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X on Miata / Mach64 SVGA -> crash 'n burn Message-ID: <20000228235546.A4508@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <20000228215655.A2707@yedi.iaf.nl> <14522.61252.428869.350843@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <14522.61252.428869.350843@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 04:59:49PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD yedi.iaf.nl 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 04:59:49PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Wilko Bulte writes: > > I'm currently trying to setup my Miata MX5 to run X. Sofar this fails > > miserably with Mach64 based cards (both ISA and PCI). Starting X gets > > me straight to the >>> SRM prompt. > > > > I also tried using a S3 765 based card and in that case a X -probeonly > > gives me 'machine check while in PAL mode'. Cute.. > > > > This is 4.0-RC2, with the card in a 64 bit PCI slot (before the PCI > > bridge). Putting it in a 32 bit slot (behind the bridge) gives me a straight > > reboot. > > > > Suggestions are welcome, I like this thing to demo at Jordan's visit to > > Holland next saturday. Obviously it would be nice if it worked a bit > > better then ;-) > > I've had no horrible problems with a 3dlabs Permedia-2 based card. I > had it in an MX5 for a week or so before I updated to a GL. It was in > one of the 64-bit slots. Hm. What chipset uses that card, in other words what XF* server binary drives it? I can try this exercise on my GL too, but I rather take the MX5 on the road for various reasons. > I haven't been able to get 3.9.x to work, but that is a different ball > of wax. 3.9.x ?? Xfree release? -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands http://www.tcja.nl The FreeBSD Project: http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message