Re: tlug: STB Velocity 3D and XFree 3.3.2

["Manuel M. T. Chakravarty" <chak@example.com>]

From: Christopher Sekiya <chris@example.com>

> On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Manuel M. T. Chakravarty wrote:
> 
> > Some more experiments resulted in the following: The card
> > works *exactly once* after booting.  When I leave X and
> > start it again, the machine freezes.
> 
> Okay, the X driver is leaving things in a nasty state.
> 
> Try running svgatextmode between attempts and see if that doesn't make
> things right.

Doesn't help anything.

> > I guess that it is the probing of the clock that freezes the machine
> > when it is done after I have started X already once.
> 
> Shouldn't be probing for clock at all once it realizes that it's a virge.
> Hmmm ... on try two, just do an "X -probeonly" and see if the machine
> locks.  If so, then it's dying during the probe.  If not it's a driver
> issue.

The probe kills the machine.

> 
> > I guess, the server probed for this value?
> 
> Sort of.  The virge (I think -- I don't have the specs in front of me)
> puts the ramdac on-chip, so the max rate is known.

Can I find out whether it probes or not?  If it probes, can
I give it the value that it reports in the config file, to
avoid future probes?

> For what it's worth, we're releasing another 3.3.2 public patch RSN that
> may address this problem.

What is the patch about?

Thanks,

Manuel
--------------------------------------------------------------
Next Meeting: 8 August, Tokyo Station Yaesu central gate 12:30
featuring Linux on multiple platforms:
i386, Sparc, PA-Risc, Amiga, SGI, Alpha, PalmPilot, ...
Next Nomikai: September, 19:30 Tengu TokyoEkiMae 03-3275-3691
--------------------------------------------------------------
Sponsor: PHT, makers of TurboLinux http://www.pht.co.jp