Re: [Dri-users] (another) 8500 issue

[Felix <fx...@gm...>]

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:38:25 CDT
john4293 <joh...@um...> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I new to this list so I would imagine my problem has been hashed out on
> this list already, but a quick browse through the archives didn't so here
> goes.
> I installed a snapshot from several weeks ago to avoid the broken snapshots
> of late. it compiled just fine and judging from the logs it seems to load
> fine, just in am unusable state. My display loads in various garbled messes
> and the keyboard almost always stops working (many long restarts made the
> decision to start using ext3). For the sake of bandwidth I uploaded copies
> of my XF86Config and XFree86.0.log (see log below), the log doesn't show
> any errors and the dri components appear to be loading. I think the problem
> may be somewhere in my config settings since I'm not real sure of how to
> set the display properly.
> I really appreciate any help.
> 
> http://www.tc.umn.edu/~john4293/XF86Config
> http://www.tc.umn.edu/~john4293/XFree86.0.log

I'm no Radeon8500 expert. But AGPMode 4 (in Device section) is a typical
candidate for instabilities. Try commenting it out or setting it to a
lower value (2 or 1). Also the AGPSize 128 is usually not necessary. It
refers to main memory which can be used for textures. Unless you have
extreme demands the on-card memory + default AGPSize will be more than
sufficient. It just eats up 128 MB of your system memory now.

> 
> Thomas Johnson
> joh...@tc...
> 763.458.9071 (cell)
> ---
> *if it's not broken, i haven't worked hard enough.
> *whatever happens, don't you dare say I brought it upon us. leave me out of
> your collective.
> 

Regards,
    Felix


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