[gentoo-user] Re: mtrr: no MTRR for e8000000,4000000 found

[Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Mark Knecht<markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Mark Knecht<markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> <SNIP>
>> 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=0x000000000 (    0MB), size=  256MB, count=1: write-back
> reg01: base=0x00c000000 (  192MB), size=   64MB, count=1: uncachable
> 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