On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 15:17:33 +0000 (GMT) bsamuels@beenthere-donethat.org.uk wrote:
Adam Bower adam.bower@framestore-cfc.com wrote:
bsamuels@beenthere-donethat.org.uk wrote:
I tried booting using my previous kernel with the same results so I've ruled out the new kernel.
not quite....
I have no idea where, or how, to start looking and some advice is sorely needed and would be very welcome.
(--) PCI: (0:14:0) ATI Mach64 GR rev 39, Mem @ 0xe9000000/24, 0xe8006000/12, I/O @ 0x2000/8 (--) PCI:*(1:5:0) Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 5, Mem @ 0xf8000000/25, 0xea800000/14, 0xea000000/23
I have an MGA G400 too, though I'm running XFree86 4.1.0.1 rather than 4.2 but the equivalent lines from my X server log are:
(--) PCI: (0:12:0) BrookTree unknown chipset (0x036e) rev 17, Mem @ 0xeedfd000/12(--) PCI:*(1:5:0) Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Mem @ 0xe4000000/25, 0xefefc000/14, 0xef000000/23, BIOS @ 0xefee0000/16
you have 2 gfx cards? it looks like the Matrox one is being made default. This is maybe what you want or not I can't tell =)
Not exactly. There is an ATI video chip on the main board which I don't use as it's not as good as the Matrox G400. It has always been so.
(II) Loading sub module "mga_hal" (II) LoadModule: "mga_hal" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module mga_hal (II) UnloadModule: "mga_hal" (EE) MGA: Failed to load module "mga_hal" (module does not exist, 0)(II) MGA(0): Matrox HAL module not loaded - using builtin mode setup instead
at this point its trying to load an external module that is not there, but it tries to default to something else (possibly a builtin module but I can't tell too much more)
I don't know about an external module but nothing has changed on the machine except a Debian Testing update.
I get similar messages and X works fine on my system:
(--) Chipset mgag400 found (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a (II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0 (**) MGA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 (==) MGA(0): RGB weight 888 (WW) Warning, couldn't open module mga_hal (EE) MGA: Failed to load module "mga_hal" (module does not exist, 0) (II) MGA(0): Matrox HAL module not found - using builtin mode setup instead(--) MGA(0): Chipset: "mgag400"
I did notice the following though:
(==) MGA(0): Using AGP 1x mode
I too have recently upgraded the kernel and it seemed that X had slowed down but in the end I thought it might be my imagination. Seeing this I am wondering because I think it should be a 2x AGP card.
On mine it seems to disable DRI for lack of memory:
(--) MGA(0): Virtual size is 1600x1200 (pitch 1600) (**) MGA(0): Default mode "1600x1200": 229.5 MHz, 106.2 kHz, 85.0 Hz .... (==) MGA(0): Default visual is TrueColor (EE) MGA(0): Static buffer allocation failed, not initializing the DRI (EE) MGA(0): Need at least 22500 kB video memory at this resolution, bit depth
What's DRI support? The kernel configuration hasn't changed. The kernel source update appeared to be a very minor one. 2.4.19-something to 2.4.19-somethingelse.
I am running 2.4.20-pre10 and it's working fine.
I am not sure how much help this is but hopefully some.
Steve.