Re: [DNG] Problem with xorg on 6th gen Intel cpus
On Thu, Nov 09, 2017 at 04:41:11PM +, jack da wrote: > hello Joel, > > thanks for your reply. I have moved on to Salix, which, unlike its > Slackware parent, has apt-like dependency resolution and is as [un]reliable > as any of the non-systemd distros that I have evaluated/used on my travels. > > Suffice to say that I have tried different devuan-based distros, and > compiled my own recent module-free, custom kernel - nothing I tried > worked. Since this matter was registered as a bug/issue with the devuan > project, I received little feedback. When my 6th-gen intel boxes start to > die and be replaced by amd/arm [losing faith in intel], I may give devuan > another try. > Hi Jack, I have been using devuan on a i5-6200U for almost two years now, and without any problem. It was first a jessie, which was later upgraded to an ascii. Everything works. I must note that I am using the Intel video card (I don't remember if you had anything else instead). With kernel 4.5, 4.7, 4.9, 4.11, everything works fine, even the HDMI output port (that I use quite a lot). Hope this helps. KatolaZ -- [ ~.,_ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ - Devuan -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ "+. katolaz [at] freaknet.org --- katolaz [at] yahoo.it ] [ @) http://kalos.mine.nu --- Devuan GNU + Linux User ] [ @@) http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~vnicosia -- GPG: 0B5F062F ] [ (@@@) Twitter: @KatolaZ - skype: katolaz -- github: KatolaZ ] signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
[DNG] Problem with xorg on 6th gen Intel cpus
hello Joel, thanks for your reply. I have moved on to Salix, which, unlike its Slackware parent, has apt-like dependency resolution and is as [un]reliable as any of the non-systemd distros that I have evaluated/used on my travels. Suffice to say that I have tried different devuan-based distros, and compiled my own recent module-free, custom kernel - nothing I tried worked. Since this matter was registered as a bug/issue with the devuan project, I received little feedback. When my 6th-gen intel boxes start to die and be replaced by amd/arm [losing faith in intel], I may give devuan another try. JackSprat ps: I have never been sucessful in getting a vesa driver to work, either with a template /etc/X11/xorg.conf or fragments in xorg.conf.d/. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Problem with xorg on 6th gen Intel cpus
On Sat, Oct 15, 2016, jack wrote: I have been stumped by a problem with Devuan 1-beta running on 6th generation Intel processors [i5-6200u, celeron n3050]. You can try a linux kernel from backports. Jochen ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Problem with xorg on 6th gen Intel cpus
On Tue, 7 Nov 2017 12:08:08 -1000, Joel wrote in message <20171107220808.GA18903@sprite>: > Hi Jack, > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2016, jack wrote: > > I have been stumped by a problem with Devuan 1-beta running on 6th > > generation Intel processors [i5-6200u, celeron n3050]. I am using > > openbox as a window manager/desktop [but same happens with XFCE4], > > starting from a tty with: > > > > startx > > > > which brings up openbox and an lxterminal. All is fine until I > > attempt to exit xorg and return to the tty: the following errors > > are issued and the screen freezes, unresponsive to anything other > > than a power cycle: > > > > xinit: connection to X server lost > > waiting for X server to shut down XIO: fatal error 4 > > (Interrupted system call) on X server ":0" > > after 614 requests (614 known processed) with 0 events > > remaining > > .error setting MTRR (base = 0x..., size=0x..., type=1) > > invalid argument (22) > > (EE) server terminated succesfully (0). Closing log file. > > > > The /var/log/Xorg.0.log file is corrupted. > > > > my .xinitrc is a simple > > > > lxterminal& > > exec openbox > > > > From the error messages, you would think think xorg completed fine, > > but I put "echo" messages in "startx" before and after the "xinit" > > command, and the second does not appear. > > > > I am using Void Linux [4.5.2 kernel] on the 6200u laptop without > > problems, but I also installed Slitaz Linux, which has a 3-series > > kernel. > > > > I would appreciate any help that others here can give. > > I can offer a couple ideas. > > There is a choice of a couple of video drivers for X, > notably, the VESA driver is the most generic. > and may be worth trying out. You can specify that in > /etc/X11/xorg.conf, as detailed here: > > http://kimbriggs.com/computer/x11-xorg-conf-vesa-driver > > Of course you may want to see what video module is loaded. > I see that > > cat /proc/modules > > should work. I'm used to using 'lsmod' for that. > > You can set various video modes at boot time: > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/71231/grub2-and-kernel-vga-parameter > > This could also make a difference. > > hth, > > joel > > > Jack ..in my messy case (Devuan Jessie with (experimental) vdev-0.1.2 and nouveau on a Dell Precision M4400 (G96GLM [Quadro FX 770M] video)), it first tries to load nvidia and fails, dumping me into a vga style console. I "usually" 'modprobe -vr nvidia ;sleep 2 ;modprobe -v \ nouveau' and then restart kdm, if I don't see Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 240x75 and X/kdm @ 1920x1200x32@59.*Hz, I just kill X and do a 'modprobe -vr nouveau ;sleep 2 ;modprobe -v \ nouveau', 2 may be a little short sleep time, but has failed me only once the last 5 years. ..I may be a wee bit old fashion, I "usually" ;o) reboot only on kernel upgrades and power grid downtime out-lasting my battery. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Problem with xorg on 6th gen Intel cpus
Hi Jack, On Sat, Oct 15, 2016, jack wrote: > I have been stumped by a problem with Devuan 1-beta running on 6th > generation Intel processors [i5-6200u, celeron n3050]. I am using openbox > as a window manager/desktop [but same happens with XFCE4], starting from a > tty with: > > startx > > which brings up openbox and an lxterminal. All is fine until I attempt to > exit xorg and return to the tty: the following errors are issued and the > screen freezes, unresponsive to anything other than a power cycle: > > xinit: connection to X server lost > waiting for X server to shut down XIO: fatal error 4 > (Interrupted system call) on X server ":0" > after 614 requests (614 known processed) with 0 events > remaining > .error setting MTRR (base = 0x..., size=0x..., type=1) > invalid argument (22) > (EE) server terminated succesfully (0). Closing log file. > > The /var/log/Xorg.0.log file is corrupted. > > my .xinitrc is a simple > > lxterminal& > exec openbox > > From the error messages, you would think think xorg completed fine, but I > put "echo" messages in "startx" before and after the "xinit" command, and > the second does not appear. > > I am using Void Linux [4.5.2 kernel] on the 6200u laptop without problems, > but I also installed Slitaz Linux, which has a 3-series kernel. > > I would appreciate any help that others here can give. I can offer a couple ideas. There is a choice of a couple of video drivers for X, notably, the VESA driver is the most generic. and may be worth trying out. You can specify that in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, as detailed here: http://kimbriggs.com/computer/x11-xorg-conf-vesa-driver Of course you may want to see what video module is loaded. I see that cat /proc/modules should work. I'm used to using 'lsmod' for that. You can set various video modes at boot time: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/71231/grub2-and-kernel-vga-parameter This could also make a difference. hth, joel > Jack > ___ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng -- Joel Roth ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
[DNG] Problem with xorg on 6th gen Intel cpus
I have been stumped by a problem with Devuan 1-beta running on 6th generation Intel processors [i5-6200u, celeron n3050]. I am using openbox as a window manager/desktop [but same happens with XFCE4], starting from a tty with: startx which brings up openbox and an lxterminal. All is fine until I attempt to exit xorg and return to the tty: the following errors are issued and the screen freezes, unresponsive to anything other than a power cycle: xinit: connection to X server lost waiting for X server to shut down XIO: fatal error 4 (Interrupted system call) on X server ":0" after 614 requests (614 known processed) with 0 events remaining .error setting MTRR (base = 0x..., size=0x..., type=1) invalid argument (22) (EE) server terminated succesfully (0). Closing log file. The /var/log/Xorg.0.log file is corrupted. my .xinitrc is a simple lxterminal& exec openbox >From the error messages, you would think think xorg completed fine, but I put "echo" messages in "startx" before and after the "xinit" command, and the second does not appear. I am using Void Linux [4.5.2 kernel] on the 6200u laptop without problems, but I also installed Slitaz Linux, which has a 3-series kernel. I would appreciate any help that others here can give. Jack ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
