From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MSkJ4-00049a-Ne for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:16:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B976AE0357; Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:16:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ey-out-1920.google.com (ey-out-1920.google.com [74.125.78.145]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E64EE0192 for ; Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:16:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ey-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 5so415095eyb.10 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:16:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=mLxuYXJpLhBwHL/HzWSpv91lWl96h0f+YnBJe/LUpQ4=; b=os+Q2/zk2c8MenB+azCjVMAqXKTKutH9W+/zKHlvqhI7Iv31VNTxgSy22aWZsUxLxh debfWK5iaIcvcCKMv6V8c9dKlUDmmNmSVnm7aYdfNVMK5XSvcnpvcoN6x7OaBBx8xHsO 7LY8IasKHtRtPiB7WWL/XHBdgny7w937xmGL0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=DNdUtPZiklb9pB2Lwb0zjlfEQ4kAP1tdhjzwpBWaBagjE8SRoPoiCOnmm5LEARNGuK X3YgXcOyg02tqQQPXI1AfbLpcKzX8Sx37bbLqTgi334dyEemtxj1zUmRy8pItPG/Sx7t joELef++WMT5ZgMq5Kp6ra3vy9mTiiGBFJEkY= Received: by 10.211.201.8 with SMTP id d8mr4718091ebq.7.1248063412844; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:16:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from energy.localnet (energy.heim10.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.197.94]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 2sm8789826ewy.14.2009.07.19.21.16.52 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:16:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Volker Armin Hemmann To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mtrr: no MTRR for e8000000,4000000 found Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:16:51 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.90 (Linux/2.6.30.1r4; KDE/4.3.61; x86_64; ; ) References: <5bdc1c8b0907191824m60ec793ama6d3412c6b68f099@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0907191900s4e97ca57yc9ee4d71ade3a592@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0907191954v75dd3f78kb1db5f4b26a16a28@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0907191954v75dd3f78kb1db5f4b26a16a28@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200907200616.51138.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 743875ab-d5e3-4064-aba1-4ce947c2a59b X-Archives-Hash: 771454a7751ff55c3d37dbca2037baf4 On Montag 20 Juli 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Mark Knecht wrot= e: > > > > > >> myth12 mythtv # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE > >> Current Operating System: Linux myth12 2.6.29-gentoo-r5 #4 PREEMPT Fri > >> Jun 26 09:51:45 PDT 2009 i686 > >> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > >> (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER > >> (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed to open the DRM > >> myth12 mythtv # > >> > >> > >> myth12 linux # dmesg | tail -n 5 > >> [ 17.486289] usb 1-0:1.0: uevent > >> [ 19.612246] eth0: setting full-duplex. > >> [ 30.350021] eth0: no IPv6 routers present > >> [ 433.541492] pci 0000:01:05.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 11 > >> (level, low) -> IRQ 11 > >> [ 435.609192] mtrr: no MTRR for e8000000,4000000 found > > > > myth12 linux # cat /proc/mtrr > > reg00: base=3D0x000000000 ( 0MB), size=3D 256MB, count=3D1: write-b= ack > > reg01: base=3D0x00c000000 ( 192MB), size=3D 64MB, count=3D1: uncacha= ble > > myth12 linux # > > > > Seems that maybe this machine really doesn't have an MTRR at e8000000. > > > > Are MTRR's necessary? This machine ran a much older kernel - circa > > 2.6.19 - until I tried to upgrade the xorg server. Possibly I was > > never using MTRR and having it turned on at all is a mistake? > > > > Thanks, > > Mark > > OK, I have it at least partially working. For some reason it was > unhappy (VERY) with my .xinitrc file left over from the old days. Go > figure?!?! > > I erased the .xinitrc file and just type startx and it work. Three > terminals on the screen. xclock. Everything looks normal. > > I am still getting messages about the MTRR but it doesn't stop X from > coming up. > > I get back on this tomorrow and see if I can get fluxbox running. > > Thanks, > Mark yes, you 'need' mtrr. Not having working mtrr is like driving a car while=20 constantly stepping on the brakes and gas at the same time. There is lots o= f=20 stuff about that in Documentation/ - use grep to find it.