On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 11:27:16PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >>> >To simplify my environment, I did a fresh install of Red Hat 8.0. >>> > >>> >I then installed kernel 2.4.20-2.21 and XFree86-4.2.99.3-20030115, >>> >taken as RPM's from the RH81 'phoebe' beta, required for the i845 support. >>> > >>> >So, I now have a 'clean' setup which doesn't contain any of the pieces >>> > which I previously downloaded/built from various cvs repositories. >>> > >>> >On this machine (which has quite a few services running since it is a >>> > default 8.0 workstation-type install), it only takes 6 restart iterations >>> > of X before the system hangs. >>> > >>> >I (unfortunately) have 4 of these brand new GX60 machines. I see the exact >>> > same behavior on all of them. >>> > >>> >Therefore, I don't think the problem is specific to a particular system. >>> > By using the RH RPM's, also doesn't appear that the problem stems from >>> > something peculiar in my build environment. >>> > >>> >You tried on an i845G and can't reproduce, but you are using RH7.3? >>> >>> Yep, RH7.3 with its default kernel plus the agpgart driver referenced >>> above. Could you try your setup using that agpgart driver? That >>> might help narrow down if the problem lies there or elsewhere. I >>> don't see how the problem could be anywhere other than the kernel >>> or agpgart driver. >>> >>> David >> >>i replaced agpgart.o with one recompiled from agpgart-85x.tar.gz >> >>% uname -a >>Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.20-2.21 #1 Wed Jan 15 20:31:35 EST 2003 i686 i686 >i386 GNU/Linux >> >>% ls -l /lib/modules/2.4.20-2.21/kernel/drivers/char/agp >>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 64920 Feb 14 12:21 agpgart.o >>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23738 Jan 15 18:38 agpgart.o.gz.bak >> >> >>I am still seeing the same behavior. > >I presume you rebooted after installing the new module, or explicitly >unloaded the old one? > >I guess I'll need to try this same kernel.
I downloaded the 2.4.20-2.21 kernel source rpm from RH's phoebe beta. I can get the kernel to build, but not modules. So, I built the agpgart driver into the kernel and tested it that way. I can reproduce what you're seeing with this kernel. I also tried the stock 2.4.20 kernel from ftp.kernel.org, and it works fine, and doesn't show the problem you're seeing. So, it looks like some difference between RH's kernel and the stock kernel. You'll have to follow that up further with Red Hat (or use a kernel from ftp.kernel.org). David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
