From: Allan Duncan <allan.d@bigpond.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.20-pre4 & ff. blows away Xwindows with Matrox G400 and agpgart
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 09:24:18 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D812222.3F2727CA@bigpond.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3D7FF444.87980B8E@bigpond.com
Allan Duncan wrote:
>
> This is a reissue of an earlier report, and I've since done some more digging.
>
> Up to kernel 2.4.20-pre2 there was no problem, agpgart et al ran fine etc,
> but from 2.4.20-pre4 onwards when Xwindows starts to load these modules
> I am instantly thrown back to a booting machine.
> The same kernels on a VIA MVP3 chipset box with a Matrox G200 are fine.
>
> I have ascertained that any attempt to use agpgart triggers it.
>
> Rather than clutter up the list with lots of log files, I've made a web page at
> http://www.users.bigpond.com/allan.d/bug/Matrox.html
> with all the info I could gather.
>
> Any suggestions of how to improve the error messages around the failure point
> are welcome. Nothing is written into dmesg at the time of failure.
Uh, the logs for -pre5 with AGP_VIA enabled are NOW referred to (instead of
duplicating the -pre5 w/o VIA).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-09-12 23:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-09-12 1:56 Linux 2.4.20-pre4 & ff. blows away Xwindows with Matrox G400 and agpgart Allan Duncan
2002-09-12 7:51 ` Simon Fowler
2002-09-12 9:12 ` Nuitari
2002-09-12 23:24 ` Allan Duncan [this message]
[not found] <3D7FF444.87980B8E@bigpond.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2002-09-12 9:50 ` Andi Kleen
2002-09-12 21:32 ` Simon Fowler
2002-09-12 22:54 ` Allan Duncan
2002-09-13 1:20 ` Simon Fowler
2002-09-13 3:11 ` Allan Duncan
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