Re: XF86 4.2, Neomagic 2160 and Solaris 8

Andrew C Aitchison <[email protected]> Thu, 3 Oct 2002 20:35:56 +0100 (BST)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.xfree86.neomagic
Message-ID <Pine.LNX.4.30.0210032034030.22243-100000@ard>
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Ben Taylor wrote:

> Apologies to the list, I sent the wrong log file previously.
> I have included a log file that is getting generated on a Solaris
> 8/X86 system with the XFree86 4.2 modules.
>
> I'm seeing some consistent behavior -
> 1024x768, 16 bpp - crash - this is the log file
> other resolutions - the X server goes into an infinite loop and
>    I have to kill it manually.
>
> The laptop is a fujitsu L470, with a lan dock (a 2nd PCMCIA
> controller, plus CDROM, Floppy and a Dec 21143 10/100 ethernet port).
> If I remove the Landock and just use the minidock (battery and
> CDROM), thing usually work a little better, so I'm suspecting
> either some sort of PCI conflict, or some interrupt conflict.

The PCI code has been changed quite a bit since 4.2.
Could you try running a CVS version and see if it makes a difference ?

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Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison		Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
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