use VESA driver and disable X_RAMPERC.

On 25/01/2008, Jordan Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Ok - I'm still having this issue. I've gathered more information so
> maybe someone can help out. The information quoted (below) is still
> accurate and relevant to my issue.
>
> This is what's happening (which is quoted below, too)
>
> > The error, after 21 lines of what looks similar to this:
> >
> > [21] 0   0       0x800003c0 - 0x800803df  (0x20)  IS[B](OprU)
> >
> > I get the following error:
> >
> > "Fatal server error: xf86MapVidMem: Could not mmap framebuffer
> > (0x4400000,0x400000) (Cannot allocate memory)"
>
>
> The Compaq iPaq workstations are using Intel 82815 graphics controllers.
> >From Win2k, here are some specifics (which may or may not aid in
> troubleshooting):
>
> BUS:            0,2,0
> MemRange:       44000000-47FFFFFF
> MemRange:       40300000-4037FFFF
> I/O Range:      03B0-03BB
> I/O Range:      03B0-03BB
> MemRange:       000A0000-000BFFFF
>
>
> The Win2k driver specifics are as follows (for reference):
> Driver Provider: Intel Corp.
> Driver Date:     7/14/2000
> Driver Version:  5.12.1.2636
>
> (note that the Win2k info is for hardware reference, as the chipset
> works fine in Win2k).
>
> Monitors are all HP L1506 LCDs.
>
>
> My lts.conf has the following options:
>
> X_COLOR_DEPTH = 24
>
> and I've tried the following (without any luck):
>
> X_RAMPERC = 99
> X_RAMPERC = 01
> X_RAMPERC = 80
>
>
> Any ideas, insight or help would be greatly appreciated. The labs can
> function without X_RAMPERC in place, but the students use OpenOffice and
> other apps (which apparently have this pixmap bug) and it's quite
> frustrating for them and the teachers.
>
> Thanks all!
>
>
> - Jordan
>
>
> ---
> Jordan Erickson wrote:
> > OK - after a few hours of testing in a (thankfully) empty lab this
> > afternoon, I have the following to report (My network is Ubuntu 7.10
> > i386 server & clients):
> >
> > 1) After an 'apt-get install ltsp-server' and 'ltsp-build-client', my
> > /opt/ltsp/arch/usr/lib/ltsp/screen.d/ldm was there, including the
> > X_RAMPERC code! I was surprised, I didn't know it had been ported to
> LTSP5.
> >
> > However, the 'ulimit ' line in the file read with a -m switch. According
> > to Scott's earlier post,
> >
> > "If your shell is dash (posix shell) on Ubuntu, then it's -m.  If it's
> > bash, then it's -v"
> >
> > The script itself calls for #!/bin/bash - and I was having issues with
> > the lts.conf X_RAMPERC option working with OpenOffice crashing the X
> > session (although it seemed as though Firefox would crash (expectedly)
> > after loading that school art webpage Jim so humbly offered as a
> > troubleshooting aid. It was strange, but I had to put in the X_RAMPERC =
> > 80 switch (again, note the _ in it - some earlier posts omit it, which I
> > saw before realizing, and felt dumb) for OpenOffice to crash
> > (expectedly) and not lock up when I inserted some high-volume clipart
> > from the 'openclipart-*' packages (look in "People", the first two will
> > knock X11 out in about 4 drags/drops from the gallery).
> >
> > What sucks (for me, anyway) *still* is the fact that when X_RAMPERC is
> > enabled, my Compaq iPaq workstations (with the intel 810 module) won't
> > boot to ldm (no matter what you put the value at). I get the same thing
> > as I posted before...
> >
> >
> > ---
> > The error, after 21 lines of what looks similar to this:
> >
> > [21] 0   0       0x800003c0 - 0x800803df  (0x20)  IS[B](OprU)
> >
> > I get the following error:
> >
> > "Fatal server error: xf86MapVidMem: Could not mmap framebuffer
> > (0x4400000,0x400000) (Cannot allocate memory)"
> > ---
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated on my issue here - most of my labs are
> > affected because they are (mostly) all the iPaqs that are throwing the
> > error (different hardware, most likely with more RAM, don't have this
> > issue).
> >
> > Come to think of it, I should look in the BIOS to see how much video
> > memory is allocated. Maybe that'll help. But any insight would be great.
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > - Jordan
> >
> >
> > Jordan Erickson wrote:
> >> Ahh, thank you Gavin. I was trying to figure out the issue tracker for
> >> OOo...seems very complex (as in, you need to know sql to even perform a
> >> search/query in the db for an open bug).
> >>
> >> Thanks again. I have a bit of information regarding the X_RAMPERC that
> >> might help in my particular situation - I will test hopefully today or
> >> tomorrow and report back.
> >>
> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >> Jordan
> >>
> >> Gavin McCullagh wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, Gavin McCullagh wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I haven't had time to try this out myself, but if you have time and
> >>>> inclination, please do and let us know how it goes.  If firefox v3
> fixes
> >>>> it, I guess that fix will extend to thunderbird which has also had
> this
> >>>> problem. Konqueror and Opera apparently don't show the issue.
> OpenOffice
> >>>> seems to be the next application that needs fixing.
> >>> I've filed a bug against OpenOffice.  Please feel free to contribute
> extra
> >>> info that seems pertinent.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=85321
> >>>
> >>> Gavin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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