From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Don Dugger Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 03:19:28 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Re: [Ia64] Netscape (32-bit) locks machine Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Mike- I must have been asleep since I don't remember seeing the original message. If your machine is crashing when running Netscape I would be suspicious of Netscape before I'd blame the X server. I just discovered a few weeks ago that you have to put the system in `trickle' mode if you want to run IA32 programs, including Netscape, reliably. I understand you can set `trickle' mode on the Lion BIOS. For BigSur's there's a patch for the kernel you can get from Intel to do this (I can't send you the patch, you need to send a message to `Asit.K.Mallick@intel.com' if you want it). I hope this helps. On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 05:35:42PM -0700, Michael Madore wrote: > On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Marc Aurele La France wrote: > > > On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Michael Madore wrote: > > > > > > > > I am running into an issue where Netscape will often lock up the entire > > > > > > machine when launched. It isn't just the X Server crashing, the > > > > > > entire system is frozen. This happens on both Rage 128 and Rage XL. On > > > > > > the Rage XL, I virtually eliminated the lock ups by removing latin2 fonts > > > > > > from my XF86Config file. With the Rage 128, nothing seems to help, > > > > > > including using option "noaccel" for the driver. We are using XFree 4.0.1 > > > > > > with patches (essentially the same patches that were just posted.) > > > > > > > Could be a bug in one of the font renderers. I know the FreeType > > > > > renderer has some bugs. > > > > > > Ummm. Looks like there are similar problems with the latest builds on > > > > ia32. > > > > > After doing some further testing, I have found that X seems to lock the > > > machine hard on our Lion boxes pretty much all the time. Just starting X > > > will sometimes lock them up. These boxes are all using the r128 driver. > > > > > I am going to try the latest code from CVS tomorrow and see if there is > > > any improvment. If not, what can I do to help track down where the > > > problem is coming from? > > > > Well, on the assumption that it is a font renderer problem, you can try > > whittling down your font path until the problem stops happening. Start by > > removing TrueType (or clone), then Type1, Speedo, etc. If your running > > xfs, get rid of it first. > > I went ahead and cut down my fonts to pretty much nothing. The problem > still occurs. I turned off acceleration on the Lion boxes, and that > allows our install program to run without X crashing. With acceleration > turned on, the machine will hang if you use a scroll bar to move through a > large text list. > > It was pointed out to me that /dev/mem needs to be opened with O_SYNC, so > that it will not be mapped write-cache. Mapping it with write cache can > cause lockups. I have a patch applied in os-support/lnx_video.c that > fixes this problem, but I still get lockups. I was wondering if there > are any other places in the code where this could be happening? > > Mike Madore > Software Engineer > TurboLinux, Inc. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-IA64 mailing list > Linux-IA64@linuxia64.org > http://lists.linuxia64.org/lists/listinfo/linux-ia64 -- Don Dugger "Censeo Toto nos in Kansa esse decisse." - D. Gale n0ano@valinux.com Ph: 303/938-9838