Timothy S. Nelson wrote: > On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Carl Karsten wrote: > >> I have 3 video cards: >> >> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 >> MX/MX 400] >> (rev b2) >> 02:08.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 >> PP/PRO TMDS >> [Xpert 128] >> 02:09.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 210888GX >> [Mach64 GX] >> (rev 03) >> >> I am pretty sure I had all 3 working at one point, then I did >> 'something' and >> lost one. last night I installed ubntu ibex and now I can only get >> the nvidia >> one to work. I use the extra monitors for IRC and doc files, so I >> don't need >> much in the way of graphics. >> >> What I am hoping for is something very basic and low end that will >> help me >> verify that cables are plugged in, boards are still working, etc. And >> in the >> future, help me and others troubleshoot. > > If it locks or doesn't run at that point, you're probably running > into this bug: > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18160 > > (I noticed your log finishes with "initializing int10", which is > what mine finished with when I ran into this bug). > > The cause is that, at a certain point, Xorg got rid of its inbuilt > PCI handling code, and has been relying on the kernel PCI code. > Unfortunately, there's been a bug in the Xorg code, and a bug in the > kernel as well. Either Alex Villacis-Lasso (excuse lack of diacritics) > will fix it, or my book on PCI architecture will arrive, and I'll give > it a go myself (but it may be beyond me). > > The workaround is to downgrade to an older version of Xorg. I > forget what version worked, but IIRC, it worked in Fedora 8, but not > Fedora 9 (I went straight from Fedora 6 to Fedora 10 myself, so I'm > unsure). > > HTH some. >
This helps alot - I know to stop messing with my config and start downgradeing. thankyou very much. Carl K _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg