my Radeon 8500 log

2004-02-21 Thread Fred Heitkamp
It was suggested I post my log to the list. OpenGL programs from xscreensaver lock up my Linux hard. The -bpp option is no longer supported. Use -depth to set the color depth, and use -fbbpp if you really need to force a non-default framebuffer (hardware) pixel format. This is a

lockups

2004-02-19 Thread Fred Heitkamp
I've complained about lockups in the past. I have uninstalled xscreensaver 4.14 and my PC has not locked up for two days so far. What worries me is that a poorly writen or buggy program can lock up my machine hard so that only a hard reset will cure it. I am using: XFree86 Version 4.3.99.902

Re: radeon dri lockup

2004-02-16 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004, Jonathan Isom wrote: I have a Radeon 8500 that also locks up hard. I enabled sysrq in my kernel and lockup makes kernel too broken even for that. I am currently using 2.6.3-rc3, but all other kernels I tried lockup too. It appears the lockup is in the dri somewhere as the

Re: xprt 902 eats up all cpu cycles

2004-01-10 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004, Tim Krieglstein wrote: Hi I am currently testing the 4.3.99.902 release on an Radeon 9200. Debian Sid It is much more stable than the 901 release for me. And i had only one lockup so far (and i was'nt able to trace the error back to xfree since linux 2.6.0 also had some

RE: (Warning long!) Re: X11 CVS with linux 2.6.0-test9?

2003-12-14 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003, Michel [ISO-8859-1] Dnzer wrote: On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 23:04, Fred Heitkamp wrote: Can someone explain why the business is in the source file? It's a merge conflict. (It's a good idea to check the output of cvs up for lines starting with a capital C for conflict) I

RE: (Warning long!) Re: X11 CVS with linux 2.6.0-test9?

2003-12-13 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Michel [ISO-8859-1] Dnzer wrote: On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 13:11, Fred Heitkamp wrote: I set the AGP mode to 2. Setting the mode to 2 seemed to allow X to run continuously the longest without locking up. In fact I used mode 2 all day and I don't believe X11 ever locked

RE: (Warning long!) Re: X11 CVS with linux 2.6.0-test9?

2003-12-05 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Andrew P. Lentvorski, Jr. wrote: On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Alexander Stohr wrote: I tried just leaving the display running without doing anything interactive with the interface and X ran for several hours before freezing. All that was running was Xscreensaver. I then

RE: (Warning long!) Re: X11 CVS with linux 2.6.0-test9?

2003-12-04 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Alexander Stohr wrote: I tried just leaving the display running without doing anything interactive with the interface and X ran for several hours before freezing. All that was running was Xscreensaver. I then tried again using X normally but with a different window

Re: (Warning long!) Re: X11 CVS with linux 2.6.0-test9?

2003-11-29 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, Michel [ISO-8859-1] Dnzer wrote: On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 19:27, Fred Heitkamp wrote: name of display: :0.0 display: :0 screen: 0 direct rendering: No server glx vendor string: Brian Paul server glx version string: 1.4 Mesa 4.0.4 Current XFree86 CVS is based

(Warning long!) Re: X11 CVS with linux 2.6.0-test9?

2003-11-28 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Michel [ISO-8859-1] Dnzer wrote: I upgraded my kernel to 2.6.0-test10-mm1. I didn't not install the radeon kernel module from the XFree86 CVS source. I manage to run X11 for about 30 minutes or so before I got the hard lockup. I was using Netscape at the time filling in a

Audio in X11

2003-09-10 Thread Fred Heitkamp
I was wondering. Was there ever an effort to make a network independent audio extension for X11? (forgive my terminology if it's wrong.) For example, if I am logged on from a remote terminal and want to play an MP3 from the distant machine on the remote terminal, is this possible? Sorry if this

Re: Rant (was Re: ATI Drivers.)

2003-07-21 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Mike A. Harris wrote: On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Fred Heitkamp wrote: If the server market is the biggest (and for Linux it is) then only 2D support if that is required. I'd bet even the big film studios don't use Linux to view the final rendering. They probably use a Mac

Re: Rant (was Re: ATI Drivers.)

2003-07-19 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Tim Roberts wrote: On 18 Jul 2003 20:16:35 -0500, William Suetholz wrote: In business terms, the Linux market is not relevant. Sad but true. For consumer desktop that's true. There is one potential business case in the

RE: Rant (was Re: ATI Drivers.)

2003-07-19 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Alexander Stohr wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Mark Vojkovich wrote: From: Fred Heitkamp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If the server market is the biggest (and for Linux it is) then only 2D support if that is required. I'd bet even the big film studios don't use Linux

[XFree86] Re: where is /usr/bin/cc being set?

2003-03-04 Thread Fred Heitkamp
Fred Heitkamp wrote: The top level Makefile refers to $(CC), and I guess your version of make defines it to /usr/bin/cc. An alternative to creating the symlink is to run 'make CC=your-cc-command World', or find out how to change make's default (if possible). Fred, You can try defining

Re: [XFree86] where is /usr/bin/cc being set?

2003-02-23 Thread Fred Heitkamp
Note I know I could just make a symbolic link to get rid of the error, but that's not my question. The top level Makefile refers to $(CC), and I guess your version of make defines it to /usr/bin/cc. An alternative to creating the symlink is to run 'make CC=your-cc-command World', or find out how

[XFree86] where is /usr/bin/cc being set?

2003-02-22 Thread Fred Heitkamp
I get the message sh: line 1: /usr/bin/cc: No such file or directory when I run make World. Where in the xfree tree is this /usr/bin/cc being set? I searched and grepped around the source tree but I can't seem to find where it is. Thanks! Note I know I could just make a symbolic link to get rid

Re: [XFree86] problem on powermac G4 dualie

2003-01-25 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Daniel Stone wrote: On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 06:35:54PM -0500, Fred Heitkamp scrawled: I have a powermac G4 dual 533 snakebite with GForce 2MX. I am using Linux pmac 2.4.21-pre2 #2 SMP Thu Jan 2 07:32:33 EST 2003 ppc unknown. The last couple CVS compiles of XFree

[XFree86] problem on powermac G4 dualie

2003-01-12 Thread Fred Heitkamp
I have a powermac G4 dual 533 snakebite with GForce 2MX. I am using Linux pmac 2.4.21-pre2 #2 SMP Thu Jan 2 07:32:33 EST 2003 ppc unknown. The last couple CVS compiles of XFree with gcc (GCC) 3.2.2 20021212 (Debian prerelease) just cause one CPU to be used up. The screen just goes black and

[Xpert]Installing latest CVS

2002-12-24 Thread Fred Heitkamp
When trying to install on linux on Athlon, glibc 2.3.1, gcc 3.2.1, kernel 2.4.21-rc2. What am I missing? Tnanks! install in lib/GL/GL done make[4]: Leaving directory `/drives/work/src/XFree86-cvs/xc/lib/GL/GL' installing in lib/GL/mesa/src/OSmesa... make[4]: Entering directory

Re: [Xpert]Will virgin XFree86 run under LINUX?

2002-12-15 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, Alexander Gottwald wrote: F. Heitkamp wrote: I usually move the installed XFree to a temporary location before attempting a permanent install. i.e. cd /usr/; mv X11R6 X11R6.bak; cd /path/to/build; make install; If the install goes off without a hitch and the new X

[Newbie]Where is the ATI Radeeon ???

2002-11-25 Thread Fred Heitkamp
I compiled XFree from sources. I think you will need the latest of the 4.2.x series for X because the Radeon and especially the 9000 are fairly new. In order to make the radeon work see if you have the directory /usr/X11R6/: ./lib/modules/dri/radeon_dri.so ./lib/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.o I

[Xpert]installing xfree

2002-11-20 Thread Fred Heitkamp
I compiled a new X from CVS yesterday. I have been playing with it a little and it looks like the fonts rendering is much better than the version I had been using, which is two or three months old. First is it better to just do a 'make install' over the old version or just untar the new version

Re: [Xpert]can't restart X

2002-10-31 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Fred Heitkamp wrote: I have a snakebite dual G4 Powermac. I have Debian installed with XFree from CVS that is just a week or so old. The problem I have has occurred with all versions of X that I have tried. My Mac has

Re: [Xpert]can't restart X

2002-10-31 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Fred Heitkamp wrote: I have come across a similar problem on an x86 machine with a G550 DVI card, running Debian. I have a similar machine running RedHat which does not exhibit the problem. IIRC, on RedHat xdm dies

[Xpert]can't restart X

2002-10-30 Thread Fred Heitkamp
I have a snakebite dual G4 Powermac. I have Debian installed with XFree from CVS that is just a week or so old. The problem I have has occurred with all versions of X that I have tried. My Mac has the GForce 2MX video card. X seems to run OK but if I log out of X and try to restart my display

(OT) Re: [Xpert]Question on X runtime error

2002-08-10 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Fred Heitkamp wrote: Problem solved. I was linking with -Xm last (-lX11 -lXext -lXt -lXm). I changed to -lXm -lX11 -lXext -lXt and the error has gone away. X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) Major opcode of failed request: 19

[Xpert]Question on X runtime error

2002-08-09 Thread Fred Heitkamp
I've tried compiling and running the latest xmcd on Linux with OpenMotif and I get the following error. I am using gcc-3.1.1 on Linux pc1 2.4.19-rc5 #36 SMP, GNU assembler 2.12.90 20020501, XFree86 Version 4.2.99.1. I have a Radeon 8500. The precompiled binary from the XMCD web page works. I

[Xpert]problem with Xft and pango

2002-08-03 Thread Fred Heitkamp
I'm trying to compile the latest CVS pango version. Is this possible? Apparently it requires freetype 2 and Xft. Xft wants to include freetype1 as far as I can tell by looking at the Xft headers, specifically: /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/XftFreetype.h .. #include X11/Xft/Xft.h #include

[Xpert]Strange compile problem

2002-07-14 Thread Fred Heitkamp
I am having a problem compiling XFree CVS on my PC. I've tried several compilers gcc 2.95.4, 3.0.4, and 3.1 and they all produced this error. Does anyone have a clue as to what could be the problem? root@pc1:/drives/work/src/XFree86-cvs/xc # make World Building Release 6.6 of the X Window

Re: [Xpert]Mouse protocol IMPS/2 vs auto

2002-07-10 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, David D. Hagood wrote: Currently, I have to have 2 mouse entries in the XF86Config-4 file (mouse1 and mouse0) and manually switch between them - a hassle. I think all you need is to put your mouse sections in correctly and then something like this in your ServerLayout:

[Xpert]Joystick driver redux

2002-06-11 Thread Fred Heitkamp
I was trying to get the joystick driver compiled (in Xfree 4.2.0) and I got several errors. Searching through some old xpert messages, I found that the errors are a known problem. What was the concensus on the driver? Is it not required? I was trying to get joystick support in xmame working.

[Xpert]Radeon 8500 kernel module

2002-06-10 Thread Fred Heitkamp
I suppose every knows this, if so please ignore. I have a dual Athlon 1600+MP. I tried the 2.5.21 kernel enabled with the radeon module. My machine goes completely dead when I start X. I have a Radeon 8500. Fred ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL

[Xpert]unresolved symbols problem

2002-06-01 Thread Fred Heitkamp
I just pulled the CVS version today and compiled it with gcc-3.1. When starting X I get the following errors. I tried adding the -fno-merge-constants bit to host.def and recompiled, but it did not help. net-tools 1.60 hostname 1.100 (2001-04-14) The -bpp option is no longer supported.

Re: [Xpert]Lost video

2002-05-07 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Mon, 6 May 2002, Fred Heitkamp wrote: Here I am replying to myself..oh well. More info on this problem. I restored my old X setup: XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 18 January 2002 and Xine now works. So something

[Xpert]Lost video

2002-05-06 Thread Fred Heitkamp
I'm not sure this the right list for this but.. I'm having a strange problem with some video players I have installed on my system. I have MPlayer, Xine, and Xmovie all installed. When I run every one of those I get sound and the player seems to be running fine, but there is no video in the

Re: [Xpert]Lost video

2002-05-06 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Mon, 6 May 2002, Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Mon, 6 May 2002, Fred Heitkamp wrote: I'm not sure this the right list for this but.. I'm having a strange problem with some video players I have installed on my system. I have MPlayer, Xine, and Xmovie all installed. When I run every one

Re: [Xpert]Re: Lost video

2002-05-06 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Mon, 6 May 2002, Paul Matthias Diderichsen wrote: I get sound and the player seems to be running fine, but there is no video in the window. I had this problem (with Xine) when I was using a rather old box (200MHz Pentium-MMX). Sound was OK, but gfx were missing. What's the speed of

[Xpert]gatos ati.2 code

2002-04-19 Thread Fred Heitkamp
Is DRI now supposed to be working for the Radeon 8500? When compiling the latest ati.2 from gatos I get the following errors. I've done some grepping and can't seem to find where these are defined. radeon_dri.c: In function `RADEONDRIInitBuffers': radeon_dri.c:539: `DRM_RADEON_BACK'