Date: 21 Dec 2001 12:03:51 -0600 From: drogoh <drogoh@necessary-evil.org> To: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Stable vs. i810 with XFree86 4.1.0 Message-ID: <1008957833.66831.0.camel@blackrain> In-Reply-To: <200112211741.fBLHfmr87622@androcles.com> References: <200112211741.fBLHfmr87622@androcles.com>
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hm... all I've had to do is compile agp into the kernel, and for my
device in XF86Config use this
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel i810"
Driver "i810"
Option "NoDDC" "True"
EndSection
and its worked just fine, no X hangups or anything.
On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 11:41, Duane H. Hesser wrote:
> On 20-Dec-01 John Polstra wrote:
> > Does anybody have XFree86 4.1.0 working with the Intel i810 chipset
> > under -stable? I know that there had been problems with this in the
> > past (several releases ago), but I assumed they would have been fixed
> > by now. (Yes, I do have device agp configured into my kernel.)
>
> Remove "dri" from the Modules section, and add "Option NoDDC" to the Device
> section. I seem to recall that the VideoRam specification in Device is
> either ineffective or problematic (in any event, I have commented it out in
> my config file). You might also want to load some font modules, or comment
> out the Type1 and Speedo fonts from FontPath (although the server will do
> that for you).
>
> I'm currently running:
> XFree86 Version 4.1.0 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
> Release Date: 2 June 2001
> Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386 [ELF]
>
> under
> FreeBSD androcles.com 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #0: Fri Oct 26 12:04:20 PDT 2001
>
> The relevant sections of my working XF86Config file:
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "xie"
> Load "pex5"
> Load "glx"
> # Load "dri"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "record"
> # This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
> Load "type1"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "speedo"
> Load "bitmap"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> ### Available Driver options are:-
> ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
> ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
> ### [arg]: arg optional
> #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
> #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
> #Option "ColorKey" # <i>
> #Option "CacheLines" # <i>
> #Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>]
> #Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
> #Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>]
> Identifier "Intel 810"
> Driver "i810"
> VendorName "Intel"
> BoardName "i810-dc100"
> BusID "PCI:0:1:0"
> Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>]
> # VideoRam 4086
> EndSection
>
> There is a FreeBSD DRI page at
> http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~eanholt/dri/
>
> I bought my i810 last December, and spent several months loading
> various Linux distributions, looking for one I liked. By the end
> of July I had accumulated enough advice (essentially the above
> items) from these mailing lists to install freebsd (and what a
> relief it was). So...if the above doesn't do it, check the mail
> archives for anything I've missed. It's all in there.
>
> I probably don't need to remind you, but I will anyway, to compile
> or load the agp module, and make the device node.
>
> >
> > I had this working long ago during that sweet spot around XFree86
> > 4.0.1 and FreeBSD-4.1, but can't get it working now with the newer
> > versions. The symptom is that the screen goes black when I start the
> > X server, and the X server loops chewing up CPU time. It takes a kill
> > -9 to terminate it, which of course leaves the screen in an unusable
> > state.
> >
> > My XF86Config file is appended.
> >
> > John
> >
> > Section "Module"
> > Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
> > SubSection "extmod"
> > Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
> > EndSubSection
> > Load "type1"
> > Load "freetype"
> > Load "GLcore"
> > Load "dri"
> > Load "glx"
> > Load "pex5"
> > Load "record"
> > Load "xie"
> > EndSection
> > Section "Files"
> > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> > EndSection
> .
> .
> .
>
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier "i810"
> > Driver "i810"
> > #Option "NoAccel"
> > #Option "SWcursor"
> > VideoRam 16384
> > EndSection
>
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> Duane H. Hesser
> dhh@androcles.com
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