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 1MSj10-0007Jf-SB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:54:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5CA3FE0230; Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:54:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f191.google.com (mail-yx0-f191.google.com [209.85.210.191]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E588E02EB for ; Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:54:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe29 with SMTP id 29so3104471yxe.32 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:54:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=+sNTZKgMNMHWXgiq23O6BEOGNJhFYSeclTrcCUyRl6M=; b=iDPJU155Twxjjc459EXh5sfh5J2RTq7wVVHKQ5cQQ2xIL4VJm2ZtfGu95++ff9sP0C RJ6KBd6u6SHNVUSCJw67WDpyrR94agk9uInjm6HjIoY3R5Gzcp5TxXRKquibBzNi5vo6 WURmzsDv4snL3aQkUfQiRU3gXDe1abK5kZyeM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=QJPFuZ2kS6vlD6a5qfu+Bj9FEzspq6kNJWui7JX1HfzO5y4TelEzdmEL63Alcg4e+h epUKwH0hRQaUGPO7O5Zsl/vZCfZtoNQXF1A5roAsJmVu3KSUtURrkJwlwiMCw7McLVZ2 B8fawnPayOaoRpL86Jh2c7YxZIvIFiVfXdyQc= 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 Received: by 10.150.206.3 with SMTP id d3mr4515680ybg.243.1248058448554; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:54:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0907191900s4e97ca57yc9ee4d71ade3a592@mail.gmail.com> References: <5bdc1c8b0907191824m60ec793ama6d3412c6b68f099@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0907191900s4e97ca57yc9ee4d71ade3a592@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:54:08 -0700 Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0907191954v75dd3f78kb1db5f4b26a16a28@mail.gmail.com> Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: mtrr: no MTRR for e8000000,4000000 found From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 96e6800a-788a-416e-a78e-71dfec88e109 X-Archives-Hash: 7300c5396b6bfd5eda83cc67a9ed2148 On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> 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 >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemente= d, (??) 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 >> [ =C2=A0 17.486289] usb 1-0:1.0: uevent >> [ =C2=A0 19.612246] eth0: =C2=A0setting full-duplex. >> [ =C2=A0 30.350021] eth0: no IPv6 routers present >> [ =C2=A0433.541492] pci 0000:01:05.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 11 >> (level, low) -> IRQ 11 >> [ =C2=A0435.609192] mtrr: no MTRR for e8000000,4000000 found > > > myth12 linux # cat /proc/mtrr > reg00: base=3D0x000000000 ( =C2=A0 =C2=A00MB), size=3D =C2=A0256MB, count= =3D1: write-back > reg01: base=3D0x00c000000 ( =C2=A0192MB), size=3D =C2=A0 64MB, count=3D1:= 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 comin= g up. I get back on this tomorrow and see if I can get fluxbox running. Thanks, Mark