How does this affect Voodoo 5? Also, note that the only case I see a problem is when switching resolutions - otherwise it's rock-solid.
On 2001.11.01 18:12 Mike A. Harris wrote: > On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Detlef Grittner wrote: > > Voodoo 3 requires depth 16 for DRI. In addition, if you even > have a resolution higher than 1024x768 configured in 16 bit depth > while DRI is enabled in the config file, you will experience > a nasty boom. This is a limitation of X's resource management > mainly. DRI requires gobs of RAM, and even if you use 640x480 > for DRI, if you've got 1280x1024 or something configured, you > still get boom. > > Hope this helps. > TTYL > > > > >I have a Voodoo 3 and can see a similar problem when starting an > >application using OpenGL and changing resolution. > >This application is Terminus, it switches very often the resolution > >between 640x480 and the desktop default. > >When the application has uploaded its textures for OpenGL, the text > >consoles disappear and show artifacts of the X Server screen. > > > >But this does not happen if the default resolution of the desktop is > >640x480, i.e. no resolution changes happen. > >And it does not happen if all if all text consoles are vga based, i.e. > >no framebuffer is used for some fancy background images. > > > >I'm using SuSE 7.3 (it shows the SuSE logo on the first console by > >default) and XFree86 4.1.0. > >Unfortunately I haven't found an open source application, with that the > >problem could be reproduced. > > > >Detlef > > > > > > > >Manuel McLure wrote: > > > >>I have been having a problem with the tdfx server in 4.1.0 (and with > the > >>server in the latest DRI trunk) - on occasion changing the resolution > >>(either through Ctrl+Alt++/- or through some app changing the > resolution) > >>causes the server to crash. This is an occasional occurrence, and I > have > >>found it impossible to reproduce this when I want to. XFree86.0.log > shows > >>nothing. After the crash the text console or the framebuffer > >>console )whichever I am using) will be corrupted and I need to reboot > to fix > >>them, although X will restart and display correctly (and probably will > *not* > >>crash again if I change resolutions). Other than occasionally crashing > when > >>changing resolutions, I find the server rock-solid. > >> > >>This is on Red Hat 7.1 or 7.2, with the Red Hat RPMs or my own > >>built-from-scratch 4.1.0 or DRI trunk. Hardware is a Voodoo 5 5500 on > an MSI > >>K7T Turbo-R (VIA KT133A chipset) with an Athlon Thunderbird 900MHz. > >> > >>Anyone have any ideas - at least some way I can get more information > from > >>the next crash to send to the list. > >>Thanks! > >>-- > >>Manuel A. McLure KE6TAW | ...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient > >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | and significant law, no man may kill a cat. > >><http://www.mclure.org> | -- H.P. Lovecraft > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Xpert mailing list > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > >> > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Xpert mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: > OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, > XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 > Red Hat Inc. Phone: (705)949-2136 > http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris > Red Hat XFree86 mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > General open IRC discussion: #xfree86 on irc.openprojects.org > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > -- Manuel A. McLure KE6TAW | ...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | and significant law, no man may kill a cat. <http://www.mclure.org> | -- H.P. Lovecraft _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
