Freeze: atyfb & XFree4.0.1
Hi!
I just discovered a solid freeze:
jbglaw@jbglaw-sid:~$ uname -r
2.4.1-pre8
jbglaw@jbglaw-sid:~$ grep aty /etc/lilo.conf
append="video=atyfb:800x600Parts of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "ati"
EndSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSectionNow, when I switch from X to a configured virtual console (eg. tty1), everything is okay. But if I press <Ctrl><Alt><F12> (for example) the system just dies. I've not yet attached a serial console, but SysRq keys seem to not be functional, as well as the NumLock LED doesn't change when pressing the NumLock key...
MfG, JBG
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Quoted 18 lines · Jan-Benedict Glaw
I just discovered a solid freeze:
jbglaw@jbglaw-sid:~$ uname -r 2.4.1-pre8 jbglaw@jbglaw-sid:~$ grep aty /etc/lilo.conf append="video=atyfb:800x600Parts of
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4:Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Video Card" Driver "ati" EndSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection
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Now, when I switch from X to a configured virtual console (eg. tty1), everything is okay. But if I press <Ctrl><Alt><F12> (for example) the system just dies. I've not yet attached a serial console, but SysRq keys seem to not be functional, as well as the NumLock LED doesn't change when pressing the NumLock key...
The `CONFIG_FB' entry in Documentation/Configure.help says:
| If you are compiling for the x86 architecture, you can say Y if you | want to play with it, but it is not essential. Please note that | running graphical applications that directly touch the hardware | (e.g. an accelerated X server) and that are not frame buffer | device-aware may cause unexpected results. If unsure, say N.
XFree86 4.x is not fbdev-aware (yet), unless you specify some `UseFBDev' option keyword (exact syntax may differ, I don't run 4.x yet).
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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Hi Geert!
Quoted 6 lines · Geert Uytterhoeven
Quoted 5 lines · Jan-Benedict Glaw
I just discovered a solid freeze:
jbglaw@jbglaw-sid:~$ uname -r 2.4.1-pre8 jbglaw@jbglaw-sid:~$ grep aty /etc/lilo.conf append="video=atyfb:800x600
[...and X4 with accelerated ati driver, *not* the framebuffer driver]
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Now, when I switch from X to a configured virtual console (eg. tty1), everything is okay. But if I press <Ctrl><Alt><F12> (for example) the system just dies. I've not yet attached a serial console, but SysRq keys seem to not be functional, as well as the NumLock LED doesn't change when pressing the NumLock key...
XFree86 4.x is not fbdev-aware (yet), unless you specify some `UseFBDev' option keyword (exact syntax may differ, I don't run 4.x yet).
I'll have a deeper look at that all, but switching between virtual terminals and the X screen works perfectly. *Only* switching to a not priviously allocated VC (ie. 8th VT which is unused in most distributions) locks up the machine...
I think there's missing some little check somewhere;)
MfG, JBG
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Fehler eingestehen, Größe zeigen: Nehmt die Rechtschreibreform zurück!!! /* Jan-Benedict Glaw <[email protected]> -- +49-177-5601720 */ keyID=0x8399E1BB fingerprint=250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB "insmod vi.o and there we go..." (Alexander Viro on linux-kernel)