I'm not sure what's up with that. I don't know any reason
why it would segfault. I'm thinking that segfault probably
doesn't have anything to do with the driver. Do you have a
core dump? Do you know how to use gdb to get a backtrace
out of it?
I'll see if I can get access to one of these.
Mark.
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote:
> Hi Mark.
>
> I build from thee head of the CVS tree, and installed it over my
> Mandrake 9.1 stuff using "make install" after blowing away /usr/X11R6/*
>
> The building and installation went OK, but when I rebooted (the only way
> I know of to restart X, cuz I'm a newbie), the server crashed. (See
> attached log file.)
>
> That makes me think I didn't really test your hypothesis, because I
> didn't actually get X to run.
>
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> I'm happy to continue working on this, but perhaps I should just suck up
> the problem until people have more experience with P25's?
>
>
> Also, I'm willing to undergo some measure of pain with my laptop if you
> want, since you've been so helpful. If you want, I can be your (or your
> delegate's) guinea pig for hammering out Toshiba P25 issues for a few weeks.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Christian
>
>
> Mark Vojkovich wrote:
> > I think the vesa driver is limited to the modes that are
> > in the bios. Sounds like that mode is not in there, but I don't
> > know much about the vesa driver.
> >
> > As for the "nv" driver not restoring the console correctly,
> > perhaps CVS works better. I don't have access to one of those
> > laptops at the moment so I can't check it out.
> >
> >
> > Mark.
> >
> > On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hey Mark,
> >>
> >>As you suggested, I switched to using the "vesa" driver rather than the "nv"
> >>driver (simply by changing the Device-->Driver entry).
> >>
> >>The results: I no longer have that problem where the last line of my terminals
> >>runs off the end of the screen. The terminals look great.
> >>
> >>However, X won't start.
> >>
> >>I've attached the config and log files, in case you're willing to take a look.
> >>
> >>I didn't quite understand why I got the error I got:
> >>
> >>(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1440x900" (no mode of this name)
> >>
> >>because in my config file I do seem to have a Monitor-->ModeLine defined with that
> >>name.
> >>
> >>Thanks for any ideas you have. I really appreciate it.
> >>
> >>- Christian
> >>
> >>
> >>>>Subject: Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals
> >>>>Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:55:15 -0700 (PDT)
> >>>>From: Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>
> >>>>On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Hi guys,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I just installed Mandrake 9.1 on a new Toshiba P25 laptop (1440x900
> >>>>>screen resolution).
> >>>>>
> >>>>>With some generous help, I got the regular X server behaving perfectly:
> >>>>> My real and virtual desktops are both 1440x900, and it looks great.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>However, when I hit ctrl+alt+F1, to go to the console (is that the right
> >>>>>word for it?), I have a little problem...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>The last half of the last line of text on the console runs off the
> >>>>>bottom of the display.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Can anyone point me in the right direction regarding how to fix this?
> >>>>>Is this even an X-related issue?
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> It could be the "nv" driver not restoring the console correctly.
> >>>>I'm not aware of any such cases, but I haven't seen one of the
> >>>>GeForceFX laptops yet. Does the "vesa" driver work now that you've
> >>>>got the mode correct? Does it have that problem?
> >>
> >>
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