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 1M865u-0006Tl-Fu for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 24 May 2009 05:17:58 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BD3AFE03D4; Sun, 24 May 2009 05:17:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f176.google.com (mail-gx0-f176.google.com [209.85.217.176]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D750E03D4 for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 05:17:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk24 with SMTP id 24so3154252gxk.10 for ; Sat, 23 May 2009 22:17:56 -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=YaJ8o2SMqJNXJJkVjEokyoCbscjKeAw6KTflt3tsIPA=; b=qwup8dm0+hYCGZFEYcSdmm9Gmyk7HJpvqIL8dPNTFlVw0UdFf9cDQFuvi28abFWXOz f6nAxYDQSD/QcM3vLXbWqiOhjCREN90BPjxXbK+KrxXDfuVlLkVB2R5/g0Gp6DHlMyPE SvaVXbCwojkbVXqZQ93iuiCVZRUe1v42H5Qyw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; 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charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: c6940dea-6e2e-4ae4-9588-b8d421bf090e X-Archives-Hash: c1e807eef7b5d249d90961251d63030d Summary: still hosed; newest drivers no help On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 9:27 PM, William Kenworthy wro= te: > I got caught by this upgrade (though I am not using ati-drivers) and had > oops's that at first seemed to be xorgs fault. =A0While -hal helped a lot > (what a fiasco!), there seems to be a bug in 2.6.29 and updates to > reiserfs (yes, reiserfs is still maintained and being updated - look for > slowpath bug in kernel) that only manifested itself to me after > upgrading xorg-server. =A0Last message I saw was 2.6.30 will probably hav= e > a fix for it, but in the meantime, downgrade to 2.6.28 and see if that > helps. > > The ati system is definitely affected by this (oops in reiserfs on > screen), whilst an intel i915 laptop (also reiserfs) was also much more > stable on 2.6.28 and upgraded xorg-server - however this one doesnt give > any indication except for a hard hang with nothing logged (which implies > its the filesystem so no log is written) when running on 2.6.29 for a > few hours. > > BillK > > > On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 16:35 -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Mark Knecht wrot= e: >> > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Nikos Chantziaras w= rote: >> >> David Relson wrote: >> >>> >> >>> On Sat, 23 May 2009 14:57:32 -0700 >> >>> Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> Summary: X is hosed. >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> A couple of weeks back, I made the transition to the current version= s >> >>> of xorg-server and ati-drivers, i.e. the versions in the message >> >>> subject. =A0I had to do a bit of work with xorg.conf before all was >> >>> good. =A0If I recall details, keyboard and mouse weren't working and= , >> >>> after correcting that, fonts weren't being found. =A0All is now work= ing >> >>> fine. =A0Below is my xorg.conf. =A0Hope it helps. >> >>> >> >>> Regards, >> >>> >> >>> David >> >>> >> >>> ### Begin xorg.conf ### >> >>> >> i >> >>> ### End xorg.conf ### >> >> >> >> This xorg.conf won't load ati-drivers at all. =A0If it works, it is p= robably >> >> running with another driver (radeon or vesa perhaps). =A0You need to = run >> >> "aticonfig --initial" as root first. >> > >> > Or he might have it in autoload already and it gets loaded at boot tim= e? >> > >> > - Mark >> >> When I tried aticonfig with my original xorg.conf, it got a seg fault. >> =A0The same thing happens when I use David's. >> >> Things are not going well. >> >> ++ kevin >> >> >> > -- > William Kenworthy > Home in Perth! I compiled ati-drivers-8.593 (after making required mods to kernel configuration); no help. There's even an additional error message. >From the above conversation, however, it may be I don't need them. I'm not aware of running OpenGL, so it could be complaining about some other driver. With the short xorg.conf, the error messages are different -- including one about the mouse interface not loading. With no xorg.conf, it seems to try more variations, but there's still no joy. Getting desperate.... Anyway, with no xorg.conf, I see =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D screen stuff starts treat ~ # startx xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.6892 X.Org X Server 1.5.3 Release Date: 5 November 2008 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.28-gentoo-r5-kosmanor i686 Current Operating System: Linux treat 2.6.28-gentoo-r5-kosmanor #6 SMP PREEMPT Sat May 23 19:17:22 PDT 2009 i686 Build Date: 23 May 2009 03:19:26PM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (=3D=3D) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (=3D=3D) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat May 23 22:14:09 2009 (EE) Unable to locate/open config file New driver is "ati" (=3D=3D) Using default built-in configuration (30 lines) (EE) Failed to load module "ati" (module does not exist, 0) (EE) module ABI major version (1) doesn't match the server's version (4) (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module requirement mismatch, 0) (EE) module ABI major version (1) doesn't match the server's version (4) (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module requirement mismatch, 0) (EE) No drivers available. Fatal server error: no screens found giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. treat ~ # =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3Dend= of run with no xorg.conf If I use the simple one first given, I get =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D start of scree= n stuff treat X11 # startx xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.6933 X.Org X Server 1.5.3 Release Date: 5 November 2008 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.28-gentoo-r5-kosmanor i686 Current Operating System: Linux treat 2.6.28-gentoo-r5-kosmanor #6 SMP PREEMPT Sat May 23 19:17:22 PDT 2009 i686 Build Date: 23 May 2009 03:19:26PM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (=3D=3D) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (=3D=3D) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat May 23 22:16:03 2009 (=3D=3D) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (EE) Failed to load module "ati" (module does not exist, 0) dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so: undefined symbol: miPointerGetMotionEvents (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so (EE) Failed to load module "mouse" (loader failed, 7) (EE) No drivers available. Fatal server error: no screens found giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. treat X11 # =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D end screen stuff --=20 Kevin O'Gorman, PhD