Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:32:17 -0500 From: "J.R. Oldroyd" <fbsd@opal.com> To: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg-7.3_1 runs only once, i810 error Message-ID: <20071105103217.0e103cda@linwhf.opal.com> In-Reply-To: <1194269964.64797.6.camel@localhost> References: <20071102002902.3cc76d18@linwhf.opal.com> <20071102213554.7a7f36e0@roxette.lamaiziere.net> <20071104160346.554e646f@linwhf.opal.com> <1194269964.64797.6.camel@localhost>
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On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:39:24 +0000, Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> wr=
ote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 16:03 -0500, J.R. Oldroyd wrote:
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> >=20
> > On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 21:35:54 +0100, Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenull=
e.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > xorg-7.3_1 runs fine, but it runs just once.
> > > >=20
> > > > Subsequent attempts to start xorg result in:
> > > > (EE) I810(0): V_BIOS address 0x0 out of range
> > > > (EE) I810(0): VBE initialization failed.
> > > > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
> > >=20
> > > I've got this problem too. Try with the Intel driver
> > > (ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel). It works for me.
> > >=20
> > > Regards.
> > >=20
> >=20
> > Merci! That works. Two questions:
> >=20
> > 1. Is ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel a permanent replacement for
> > ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-i810 or should I consider this a
> > temporary work-around until I figure out what's wrong with the
> > i810 driver? If I stick with the intel driver, am I still getting
> > all the benefits (e.g., hardware acceleration and things like that)
> > that I had with the i810 driver?
> >=20
> > 2. I notice with the intel driver that there are random garbage bits
> > in xterm windows. Is this a known issue? Any fix?
> >=20
> > -jr
>=20
> I had the same problem upgrading from 7.2 to 7.3 . Switching to the
> intel driver also 'fixed' the problem, but introduced a new one: I
> cannot make the intel driver drive two independent heads (either with or
> without Xinerama). I will submit a bug report (probably to xorg though)
> when I have time - for now single head is fine.=20
>=20
> FWIW the 'i810' driver is the 'intel' driver at version 1.6.5. The
> 'intel' driver is the latest 'intel' driver at version 2.1.x . The
> rename of the driver occurred when it moved to version 2.0.0 iirc. The
> 'intel' driver also knows about correctly setting video modes that
> aren't present in the VBIOS, so hacks like 915resolution are no longer
> required when using the 'intel' driver.
>=20
> Tom
Thanks for the explanation about the relationship between the i810
driver and the intel driver. Given what you say, I am surprised that
the upgrade procedure didn't automatically install the intel driver
for me, since it is more up-to-date than the i810 one. Or at least
that there would be a note in UPDATING that I might want to consider
making the change myself. Perhaps someone could add such a note?
I also had problems with two X servers. Mine both started OK, but
all attempts to log in on the vt10 one were failing. How are you
starting yours? I was using xdm and I found that the script
/usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xstartup contained the command:
/usr/local/bin/sessreg -a -w "/var/log/wtmp" -u "/var/run/utmp" =
-x "XDMCONFIGDIR/Xservers" -l $DISPLAY -h "" $USER
The "XDMCONFIGDIR" should have been substituted with the actual
path the the dir - once I fixed that, everything was fine again.
I suspect this is a problem with the port and I'll submit a pr once
I've had a chance to look into it.
-jr
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