On Saturday 15 February 2003 02:08 pm, David Dawes wrote: > 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
Thanks. I migrated to stock 2.4.20. Sent a summary email to Brent Fox, who is at Red Hat and subscribes to this list. He said he'd forward to the kernel development group inside Red Hat. -pat _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
