Interesting. I'm able to start XFree86 this way, but doing so causes the keyboard and mouse to die. I had to shell into the box and kill XFree86 to regain control.
Russell Michael Klemme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hallo! > > I use XFree 4.1.2 with a Radeon 9000 video card. > I retrieved the beta packages 4.2.1-3 from Branden's repository. > I managed to get it run by setting > ChipId 0x4242 > in the XF86Config-4. > > I get a aceptable image at 1152x864 and 75 Hz. > > However, there are some things that are strange: > > 1.) After a while the PS/2 mouse starts to move errornously to the lower > left corner, random key press events occurr (such as past into > xterms - yacc!). > This seems not to be related to system load. The mouse has an > exclusive interupt, all unnecessary devises are switched off in the > BIOS. I tried three different mice, all with the same result. > > > 2.) Setting NumLock disables all special window manager actions. > This used to work before > I am still using fvwm1, and I will have to fix this in my configuration. > > > 3.) When moving the mouse pressing ALT of Shift stops the mouse until > they are released. > > > > This is the head of the startup messages > ---- > X: warning; process set to priority 0 instead of requested priority -10 > > XFree86 Version 4.2.1 (Debian 4.2.1-3 20021019202935 [EMAIL PROTECTED]) >/ X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > Release Date: 3 September 2002 > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) > Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.19 i686 [ELF] > > ---- > > scanpci output > ---- > pci bus 0x0001 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x1002 device 0x4966 > ATI Device unknown > CardVendor 0x174b card 0x7194 (Card unknown) > STATUS 0x02b0 COMMAND 0x0187 > CLASS 0x03 0x00 0x00 REVISION 0x01 > BIST 0x00 HEADER 0x00 LATENCY 0x40 CACHE 0x08 > BASE0 0xd0000008 addr 0xd0000000 MEM PREFETCHABLE > BASE1 0x00009801 addr 0x00009800 I/O > BASE2 0xdfef0000 addr 0xdfef0000 MEM > BASEROM 0xdfec0000 addr 0xdfec0000 not-decode-enabled > MAX_LAT 0x00 MIN_GNT 0x08 INT_PIN 0x01 INT_LINE 0x0b > ---- > > > Thanks for any help > Michael Klemme > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- When people say they're taking food out of their family's mouth, I think they should get a real job. Depending on the vagaries of an algorithm programmed by engineers at a VC-backed Silicon Valley dotcom-vestigial company is not a good idea. Dave Winer, former number 1 Dave on Earth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
