[gentoo-amd64] question about X700Pro (PCIe)

[gentoo-amd64] question about X700Pro (PCIe)

[Andrey Schwedovitch]

i have GA-K8N Ultra (nForce4 Ultra without SLI)
+
ATi RADEON X700Pro

kernel version is 2.6.13

i CANNOT start X.. my comp freezes (only RESET helps)

i found some messages in my logs like this :

< SOME LOG TEXT SKIPPED >

PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0b.0 to 64
pcie_portdrv_probe->Dev[005d:10de] has invalid IRQ. Check vendor BIOS
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability

< SOME LOG TEXT SKIPPED >

i think that string "pcie_portdrv_probe->Dev[005d:10de] has invalid IRQ. Check vendor BIOS" points to my problem.. 

i don't like that string, but i don't know how to eliminate it..

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] question about X700Pro (PCIe)

[Brett Johnson]

This may be a long shot, but I have a very similar problem on my system, 
Asus SK8N VE Delux,  ATI 9800XT (agp), 2.6.11-gentoo-r7 and the /evil/ 
ati-drivers-8.14.13-r2.

 From a cold boot, if I load straigt into Gentoo, X hangs the box. I can 
do is ssh in from a client and reboot (or reset if I'm lazy). I have not 
found any real erros in the logs, but next time I cold boot, I will see 
if I get simialr messages as below.

To correct the problem, I have to boot into Windows first. This seems to 
initalize what ever is not functioning properly. I then shutdown and 
restart back into Gentoo, and X starts up fine.

When ever I power of my system, I must always boot Windows first, then 
warm boot into Gentoo. This is something sorta new, as I had the same 
hardware config running fine with the x86 version of Gentoo, no need for 
windows. But after installing amd64, and possibly some later updates, 
the problem arose. I can not pin point when it started, as I very rarely 
power off my system. I have just been waiting for my vaction time so I 
can rebuild the system and hopefully the problem goes away or at least 
I'll setup a tri boot, windoze, gentoo x86 and gentoo amd64. This way I 
can narrow down if it's just amd64 or some other xorg or ati issue.

Brett


Andrey Schwedovitch wrote:

> i have GA-K8N Ultra (nForce4 Ultra without SLI)
> +
> ATi RADEON X700Pro
>
> kernel version is 2.6.13
>
> i CANNOT start X.. my comp freezes (only RESET helps)
>
> i found some messages in my logs like this :
>
> < SOME LOG TEXT SKIPPED >
>
> PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0b.0 to 64
> pcie_portdrv_probe->Dev[005d:10de] has invalid IRQ. Check vendor BIOS
> assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
>
> < SOME LOG TEXT SKIPPED >
>
> i think that string "pcie_portdrv_probe->Dev[005d:10de] has invalid 
> IRQ. Check vendor BIOS" points to my problem..
> i don't like that string, but i don't know how to eliminate it..
>
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] question about X700Pro (PCIe)

[Brett Johnson]

One other idea, which I have not tried, but I will put on my to do list, 
is to boot from a Knoppix image. This should boot into X (using x86) and 
native video drivers. This may help or at least confirm the hardware is 
all okay.

Brett

Brett Johnson wrote:

> This may be a long shot, but I have a very similar problem on my 
> system, Asus SK8N VE Delux,  ATI 9800XT (agp), 2.6.11-gentoo-r7 and 
> the /evil/ ati-drivers-8.14.13-r2.
>
> From a cold boot, if I load straigt into Gentoo, X hangs the box. I 
> can do is ssh in from a client and reboot (or reset if I'm lazy). I 
> have not found any real erros in the logs, but next time I cold boot, 
> I will see if I get simialr messages as below.
>
> To correct the problem, I have to boot into Windows first. This seems 
> to initalize what ever is not functioning properly. I then shutdown 
> and restart back into Gentoo, and X starts up fine.
>
> When ever I power of my system, I must always boot Windows first, then 
> warm boot into Gentoo. This is something sorta new, as I had the same 
> hardware config running fine with the x86 version of Gentoo, no need 
> for windows. But after installing amd64, and possibly some later 
> updates, the problem arose. I can not pin point when it started, as I 
> very rarely power off my system. I have just been waiting for my 
> vaction time so I can rebuild the system and hopefully the problem 
> goes away or at least I'll setup a tri boot, windoze, gentoo x86 and 
> gentoo amd64. This way I can narrow down if it's just amd64 or some 
> other xorg or ati issue.
>
> Brett
>
>
> Andrey Schwedovitch wrote:
>
>> i have GA-K8N Ultra (nForce4 Ultra without SLI)
>> +
>> ATi RADEON X700Pro
>>
>> kernel version is 2.6.13
>>
>> i CANNOT start X.. my comp freezes (only RESET helps)
>>
>> i found some messages in my logs like this :
>>
>> < SOME LOG TEXT SKIPPED >
>>
>> PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0b.0 to 64
>> pcie_portdrv_probe->Dev[005d:10de] has invalid IRQ. Check vendor BIOS
>> assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
>>
>> < SOME LOG TEXT SKIPPED >
>>
>> i think that string "pcie_portdrv_probe->Dev[005d:10de] has invalid 
>> IRQ. Check vendor BIOS" points to my problem..
>> i don't like that string, but i don't know how to eliminate it..
>>
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[gentoo-amd64] Re: question about X700Pro (PCIe)

[Duncan]

Brett Johnson posted <43579182.2030604@blzj.com>, excerpted below,  on
Thu, 20 Oct 2005 07:45:54 -0500:

> One other idea, which I have not tried, but I will put on my to do list, 
> is to boot from a Knoppix image. This should boot into X (using x86) and 
> native video drivers. This may help or at least confirm the hardware is 
> all okay.

There's a Knoppix amd64 variant as well.  I'd suggest trying that while
you are at it.

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] question about X700Pro (PCIe)

[Andrey Schwedovitch]

i see THREE differences :

Brett Johnson wrote:

> This may be a long shot, but I have a very similar problem on my 
> system, Asus SK8N VE Delux,  ATI 9800XT (agp), 2.6.11-gentoo-r7 and 
> the /evil/ ati-drivers-8.14.13-r2.
>
FIRST - Your videocard is AGP, but my - PCI Express

> To correct the problem, I have to boot into Windows first. This seems 
> to initalize what ever is not functioning properly. I then shutdown 
> and restart back into Gentoo, and X starts up fine.

SECOND - can't see differences between cold and warm bootup

> When ever I power of my system, I must always boot Windows first, then 
> warm boot into Gentoo. This is something sorta new, as I had the same 
> hardware config running fine with the x86 version of Gentoo, no need 
> for windows.

THREE - My Gentoo is x86 now...
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: question about X700Pro (PCIe)

[Brett Johnson]

Duncan wrote:

>Brett Johnson posted <43579182.2030604@blzj.com>, excerpted below,  on
>Thu, 20 Oct 2005 07:45:54 -0500:
>
>  
>
>>One other idea, which I have not tried, but I will put on my to do list, 
>>is to boot from a Knoppix image. This should boot into X (using x86) and 
>>native video drivers. This may help or at least confirm the hardware is 
>>all okay.
>>    
>>
>
>There's a Knoppix amd64 variant as well.  I'd suggest trying that while
>you are at it.
>
>  
>
Well, I did try the x86 version of Knoppix (4.0.2) and X did work from a 
cold boot.

I did try to find the amd64 version, but had little luck. It looks like 
the amd64 version is based on 2.4 kernel, and none of the bit torrents 
or mirrors I found seemed active any more. I will continue to try and 
find a current version of the amd64 Knoppix :-).
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