On Feb 2, 2008 9:09 AM, Valentin Schwamberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Valentin Schwamberger wrote on 02.02.2008 01:43: > > > Alex Deucher wrote on 31.01.2008 19:02: > >> On Jan 30, 2008 10:59 AM, Valentin Schwamberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Alex Deucher wrote on 30.01.2008 15:39: > >>> > >>>> On Jan 30, 2008 6:22 AM, Valentin Schwamberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> Alex Deucher wrote on 28.01.2008 00:34: > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Jan 26, 2008 8:48 PM, Valentin Schwamberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> whatever we have already tried yet, my T41p keeps to hard freeze (no > >>>>>>> sysrqs, network, serial connection). So far we have tried an endless > >>>>>>> number of xorg.conf options, several linux kernel versions, kernel > >>>>>>> options, etc. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> As you can see from the subject it's an T41p with an ATI Mobility > >>>>>>> FireGL > >>>>>>> T2 video card. The special setup, however, is the usage of a port > >>>>>>> replicator (IBM portreplicator II) and its DVI output. As far as I can > >>>>>>> tell, the system seems to run stable when I only use the local flat > >>>>>>> panel (not absolutely sure, though). I also don't use it much, but it > >>>>>>> also seems to be stable in windows. > >>>>>>> Now the funny part is it sometime works stable for hours (once the > >>>>>>> desktop was properly started it runs forever). But very often after > >>>>>>> system start up, either the display doesn't come up and stays black (I > >>>>>>> then have to switch to console and back to X and then it suddenly > >>>>>>> works). This problem does more often happen, when the LID is closed. > >>>>>>> The worst problems are the hard freezes, X is already started, login > >>>>>>> to > >>>>>>> gdm was successful and the desktop is started, mostly at the end of > >>>>>>> gnome initialization the hard freeze occurs. > >>>>>>> The hardfreezes also happen on switching outputs with xrandr between > >>>>>>> LVDS and DVI or after suspend to ram or on switching to the console > >>>>>>> (required due to the other problem above). > >>>>>> Remove all of the options you've tried in your current config. Do any > >>>>>> of these options help? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> 1. Turn off dynamicclocks. just remove the option. It's off by > >>>>>> default. you'll have to reboot after changing this. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> 2. Option "BusType" "PCI" > >>>>>> > >>>>>> 3. Option "AGPMode" "4" > >>>>>> > >>>>>> 4. Option "DRI" "False" > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Alex > >>>>> Thanks a lot for your answer! I have tested all the options (and > >>>>> different combinations too), but none of them seem to solve the problem. > >>>>> The freezes still persist, especially when changing from console to X > >>>>> and vice versa, but also when Gnome's desktop comes up. I tested with > >>>>> git version from late December and with current git. This happens on > >>>>> ubuntu 7.10. > >>>>> > >>>>> Any more suggestions? How can we debug this further? > >>>> Can you get a log from one of the locked up sessions? > >>> Yes. It is on > >>> http://www.pci.uni-heidelberg.de/tc/usr/bernd/downloads/xorg_t41p/Xorg_crash.0.log > >>> > >>> I created it by (cold) starting the ThinkPad. In BIOS, the primary > >>> display was set to DVI (LVDS stays black, ttys are shown on the DVI). > >>> Then the Xserver/gdm came up. It switched on LVDS and DVI. When I > >>> changed to the console, back to X, back to the console, back to X, I got > >>> a hard freeze. This was the easiest way to reproduce it. > >>> > >>> The freezes seem to happen more often with DVI set as primary display > >>> (as stated in the reply to Jerome). > >>> > >>> Thanks for all your help! > >> This might be related to the bios vs. the driver and keeping each > >> other up to date. I' working on some patches not to hopefully fix > >> that which may help in your case. Is it just VT switches that cause > >> the lock? > > > > No. Also other output-related action can lead to freezes, e.g. xrandr > > --output DVI-0 --off && xrandr --output LVDS --auto, DPMS off, and Standby. > > And even when just starting up Gnome after a clean boot, it often > > crashes when the gnome loading process is done after the icons finally > > appeared. There are some output switches involved as well: gdm starts in > > clone mode (LVDS and DVI), then Gnome switches just to the LVDS (Why? I > > have to figure that out. > > It doesn't switch off the external TFT anymore when starting Gnome after > having deleted the following entries: > gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /desktop/gnome/screen > > > It also ignores Option "Enable" "off" in > > Monitor Sections of xorg.conf). But these freezes seem to be a little > > bit late to be correlated with output switches, aren't they? > > But how to prevent the LVDS (lid opened) from switching on when the > Xserver starts is still an open question for me. I expected something like > Section "Device" > [...] > Option "monitor-LVDS" "LVDSMonitor" > [...] > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "LVDSMonitor" > Option "Enable" "off" > EndSection > would help, but it didn't. Any suggestions?
Option "Disable" "TRUE" is what you want. Alex _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
