On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've noticed this with the Intel 865G chipset (i810 driver) on XFree86 4.7.0 (Linux, 2.4.35 kernel).
I've got two different machines with this chipset. In both cases, the BIOS is set-up for using 8MB of VRAM (this memory is taken from the RAM).
1) industrial PC : 8085:2572 with subvendor/device 8086:4246 (Intel 865 GBF motherboard)
Here there is no crash.
2) Dell GX270 : 8086:2572 with subvendor/device 1028:0151 (Dell motherboard)
Here X crashes when switching to text console and back to X. It seems that the Dell BIOS mismanages something ...
The solution I found to avoid this crash is to use 865patch (available at http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html) and set the VRAM to 32000 (for example) before starting X.
I think this could be mentionned in the release-notes and/or i810 man page.
IMHO the same information could be given for the Intel 845G (eg apply 845patch).
The driver already does this for some chips. Can you produce a patch to the driver that extends this to other chip revisions? I have little experience with this driver and no hardware that I could use to test such a change.
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