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Re: nVidia 6629 driver

[Arne G. G. <ar...@li...>]

* Hugo Vanwoerkom
> Hi List!
>
> I tried the 6629 nVidia driver and it's a mess. Gdm
> starts and shows a more or less black screen. Went
> back to 6111.
>
> Lots of negative comments in the forum.
>
> Anybody tried that here?

Works for me with two FX5200 cards.  2.6.9 and Xorg 6.8.1.  I'm
experiencing occasional, sporadic X resets, but I upgraded from XFree
4.4 til Xorg 6.8.1 at about the same time as I upgraded the nVidia
drivers.


							Arne.

nVidia 6629 driver

[Hugo V. <hvw...@ya...>]

Hi List!

I tried the 6629 nVidia driver and it's a mess. Gdm
starts and shows a more or less black screen. Went
back to 6111.

Lots of negative comments in the forum.

Anybody tried that here?

H.


		
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Re: amd64 trouble - how to initialize secondary video cards?

[Helge H. <hel...@hi...>]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:

>--- Helge Hafting <hel...@ai...> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I tried booting a 64-bit ruby kernel today.
>>    
>>
>
>You may have answered this already. But what was your
>reason to go with amd64?
>
>H.
>  
>
I found it interesting.  It is a nice and fast processor,
and not as register-limited as x86.  The 1.8GHz opteron
feels a lot faster than the 2.4GHz pentium-4 I use at work. :-)

Helge Hafting

Re: amd64 trouble - how to initialize secondary video cards?

[Zoltan B. <zb...@fr...>]

Helge Hafting =EDrta:
> I tried booting a 64-bit ruby kernel today.
> Userspace is still debian i386 though.
>=20
> The second display failed, because the video adapter need
> bios initialization.  I got this in my dmesg:
>=20
> XFree86: vm86 mode not supported on 64 bit kernel
>=20
> So what to do?  Is it fixable by installing a X compiled
> for amd64?  Or do I need to find a video card that doesn't
> need any bios initialization?
>=20
> Helge Hafting

I have 64 bit FC3 on my machine, X simply works on both cards.
It might not use the vm86 mode but it initializes both Radeons
just fine.

Lately, I recompiled XOrg with Ben Herrenschmidt's Radeon fixes,
and there is a new driver option called "VGAAccess" and I switched
it off on one of the cards. It solved the only thing left that annoyed
me using multihead: logging off on :0 blanked :1. Changing resolution
brought it back, but now it's not needed.

Best regards,
Zolt=E1n B=F6sz=F6rm=E9nyi

Re: Error when cross-compiling ruby for amd64

[Zoltan B. <zb...@fr...>]

Helge Hafting =EDrta:
> On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 04:49:53PM +0100, Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
>=20
>>There's a chunk in ruby-2.6.9-20041021, that's wrong.
>>It causes the compile error in line 1616. Here's the correct chunk.
>>It's the line after 'case GIO_FONTX:'.
>>
>=20
> Thanks a lot, this compiled fine! :-)
>=20
> Helge Hafting

And I hope it works on your machines, at least it works on mine. ;-)

Best regards,
Zolt=E1n B=F6sz=F6rm=E9nyi

Re: amd64 trouble - how to initialize secondary video cards?

[Hugo V. <hvw...@ya...>]

--- Helge Hafting <hel...@ai...> wrote:

> I tried booting a 64-bit ruby kernel today.

You may have answered this already. But what was your
reason to go with amd64?

H.




> Userspace is still debian i386 though.
> 
> The second display failed, because the video adapter
> need
> bios initialization.  I got this in my dmesg:
> 
> XFree86: vm86 mode not supported on 64 bit kernel
> 
> So what to do?  Is it fixable by installing a X
> compiled
> for amd64?  Or do I need to find a video card that
> doesn't
> need any bios initialization?
> 
> Helge Hafting
> 
> 
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amd64 trouble - how to initialize secondary video cards?

[Helge H. <hel...@ai...>]

I tried booting a 64-bit ruby kernel today.
Userspace is still debian i386 though.

The second display failed, because the video adapter need
bios initialization.  I got this in my dmesg:

XFree86: vm86 mode not supported on 64 bit kernel

So what to do?  Is it fixable by installing a X compiled
for amd64?  Or do I need to find a video card that doesn't
need any bios initialization?

Helge Hafting

Re: Error when cross-compiling ruby for amd64

[Helge H. <hel...@ai...>]

On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 04:49:53PM +0100, Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
> There's a chunk in ruby-2.6.9-20041021, that's wrong.
> It causes the compile error in line 1616. Here's the correct chunk.
> It's the line after 'case GIO_FONTX:'.
> 
Thanks a lot, this compiled fine! :-)

Helge Hafting

Re: Error when cross-compiling ruby for amd64

[Zoltan B. <zb...@fr...>]

Helge Hafting =EDrta:
> I've used ruby for i386 successfully.  But I've got an opteron
> now, so I want to compile a 64-bit kernel.  I followed debian's
> guide for setting up cross-compiling, but the compile itself
> ended like this:
>=20
> In file included from arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_ioctl.c:19:
> fs/compat_ioctl.c: In function `do_fontx_ioctl':
> fs/compat_ioctl.c:1616: error: `cfdarg' undeclared (first use in this f=
unction)
> fs/compat_ioctl.c:1616: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported =
only=20
> once
> fs/compat_ioctl.c:1616: error: for each function it appears in.)
> In file included from arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_ioctl.c:19:
> fs/compat_ioctl.c: In function `do_kdfontop_ioctl':
> fs/compat_ioctl.c:1655: warning: unused variable `vt'
> make[1]: *** [arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_ioctl.o] Error 1
> make: *** [arch/x86_64/ia32] Error 2
>=20
>=20
> I need to have 32-bit emulation so I can switch to a 64-bit
> kernel first and change over userspace gradually as the next step.
>=20
> Any ideas? =20
> Or is 2.6.9 "too old" now?
>=20
> Helge Hafting

There's a chunk in ruby-2.6.9-20041021, that's wrong.
It causes the compile error in line 1616. Here's the correct chunk.
It's the line after 'case GIO_FONTX:'.

------------------------------------------------------------------
diff -Nurp --exclude-from=3Dexclude linux-2.6.9/fs/compat_ioctl.c=20
r269/fs/compat_ioctl.c
--- linux-2.6.9/fs/compat_ioctl.c       2004-10-19 00:55:27.000000000 +03=
00
+++ r269/fs/compat_ioctl.c      2004-10-20 19:31:58.000000000 +0300
@@ -1609,8 +1611,10 @@ static int do_fontx_ioctl(unsigned int f
                     get_user(data, &user_cfd->chardata))
                         return -EFAULT;
                 op.data =3D compat_ptr(data);
-               return con_font_op(fg_console, &op);
+               return con_font_op(vc, &op);
         case GIO_FONTX:
+               if (!user_cfd->chardata)
+                       return 0;
                 op.op =3D KD_FONT_OP_GET;
                 op.flags =3D 0;
                 op.width =3D 8;
------------------------------------------------------------------

Best regards,
Zolt=E1n B=F6sz=F6rm=E9nyi

Error when cross-compiling ruby for amd64

[Helge H. <hel...@ai...>]

I've used ruby for i386 successfully.  But I've got an opteron
now, so I want to compile a 64-bit kernel.  I followed debian's
guide for setting up cross-compiling, but the compile itself
ended like this:

In file included from arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_ioctl.c:19:
fs/compat_ioctl.c: In function `do_fontx_ioctl':
fs/compat_ioctl.c:1616: error: `cfdarg' undeclared (first use in this function)
fs/compat_ioctl.c:1616: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only 
once
fs/compat_ioctl.c:1616: error: for each function it appears in.)
In file included from arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_ioctl.c:19:
fs/compat_ioctl.c: In function `do_kdfontop_ioctl':
fs/compat_ioctl.c:1655: warning: unused variable `vt'
make[1]: *** [arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_ioctl.o] Error 1
make: *** [arch/x86_64/ia32] Error 2


I need to have 32-bit emulation so I can switch to a 64-bit
kernel first and change over userspace gradually as the next step.

Any ideas?  
Or is 2.6.9 "too old" now?

Helge Hafting

Re: Using quad or dual cards

[Helge H. <hel...@hi...>]

Matrix wrote:

>Do you have a solution dual-head (displays independent) with a Radeon
>9200SE?  I am searching a solution with this video card already some time
>and i only obtained to use the Xinerama.
>  
>
A radeon 9200SE pci, and a matrox G550 AGP.
Unfortunately, the radeon display crashes a lot. :-(

Helge Hafting

Re: Using quad or dual cards

[Matrix <ma...@le...>]

Do you have a solution dual-head (displays independent) with a Radeon
9200SE?  I am searching a solution with this video card already some time
and i only obtained to use the Xinerama.

Bringel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Helge Hafting" <hel...@hi...>
To: "oregon" <or...@po...>
Cc: <lin...@li...>
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: Using quad or dual cards


> oregon wrote:
>
> >Has anyone had any success getting multiple separate instances of X to
> >run on separate screens of a quad or even dual-head graphics card?  I
> >
> >
> I've done this with a matrox G550 dualhead card. It has only
> one busid, so the second X driver used the framebuffer
> driver. That driver uses none of the cards accelearation features,
> only the graphichs memory.  It was fast enough for 2D work
> like word processing and 2D gaming anyway.  Very light
> 3D stuff worked too, using software rendering.
> The first head used the matrox driver with all features
> and nice speed.
>
> I also tried to use two instances of the accelerated driver
> on this single card.  That actually works - by luck I guess,
> but still.  I didn't go for that solution because 3D didn't
> work at all, only accelerated 2D.
>
> These days I'm using two cards, with a radeon 9200SE in
> addition to the G550.  This allows accelerated 2D and 3D
> on both heads.  Unfortunately, the radeon driver in debian is
> quite buggy and hangs that X server a lot of the time.  So
> I'll probably have to replace the card.
>
> >have a Matrox G200 MMS Quad, which gives you 4 separate bus IDs for
> >the 4 different monitors, but I can't seem to get prefbusid to address
> >any monitor except for the primary (first) one.
> >
> >
> >
> Did you get prefbusid working in a test with actual separate cards?
> Experiment with that first.  If it doesn't work, then you might need
> a different xserver.  Not all of them support prefbusid.  Some,
> such as debian, want "isolatedevice" instead of "prefbusid".
>
> Also, some hardware drivers just don't work in dual/quad
> setups, this limits what cards one can use.
>
> Cards having separate bus IDs ought to behave just as a
> bunch of separate cards, but you never know if they
> cut some corners supporting this somewhat unusual feature.
>
> >I'm trying to get as many as 6 or 8 touchscreens running from one PC,
> >so I would really like to be able to use dual or quad head cards so I
> >don't run out of PCI slots. Has anyone had success with any dual or
> >quad head cards? If so, send me your recommendations, and maybe a copy
> >of your config files too if you're feeling generous.
> >
> >
> My two-card setup isn't exactly what you want, but I can
> mail you the config files if you think they may be useful anyway.
>
> Helge Hafting
>
>
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Re: Using quad or dual cards

[Helge H. <hel...@hi...>]

oregon wrote:

>Has anyone had any success getting multiple separate instances of X to
>run on separate screens of a quad or even dual-head graphics card?  I
>  
>
I've done this with a matrox G550 dualhead card. It has only
one busid, so the second X driver used the framebuffer
driver. That driver uses none of the cards accelearation features,
only the graphichs memory.  It was fast enough for 2D work
like word processing and 2D gaming anyway.  Very light
3D stuff worked too, using software rendering.
The first head used the matrox driver with all features
and nice speed.

I also tried to use two instances of the accelerated driver
on this single card.  That actually works - by luck I guess,
but still.  I didn't go for that solution because 3D didn't
work at all, only accelerated 2D.

These days I'm using two cards, with a radeon 9200SE in
addition to the G550.  This allows accelerated 2D and 3D
on both heads.  Unfortunately, the radeon driver in debian is
quite buggy and hangs that X server a lot of the time.  So
I'll probably have to replace the card.

>have a Matrox G200 MMS Quad, which gives you 4 separate bus IDs for
>the 4 different monitors, but I can't seem to get prefbusid to address
>any monitor except for the primary (first) one.
>
>  
>
Did you get prefbusid working in a test with actual separate cards?
Experiment with that first.  If it doesn't work, then you might need
a different xserver.  Not all of them support prefbusid.  Some,
such as debian, want "isolatedevice" instead of "prefbusid".

Also, some hardware drivers just don't work in dual/quad
setups, this limits what cards one can use.

Cards having separate bus IDs ought to behave just as a
bunch of separate cards, but you never know if they
cut some corners supporting this somewhat unusual feature.

>I'm trying to get as many as 6 or 8 touchscreens running from one PC,
>so I would really like to be able to use dual or quad head cards so I
>don't run out of PCI slots. Has anyone had success with any dual or
>quad head cards? If so, send me your recommendations, and maybe a copy
>of your config files too if you're feeling generous.
>  
>
My two-card setup isn't exactly what you want, but I can
mail you the config files if you think they may be useful anyway.

Helge Hafting

Using quad or dual cards

[oregon <or...@po...>]

Has anyone had any success getting multiple separate instances of X to
run on separate screens of a quad or even dual-head graphics card?  I
have a Matrox G200 MMS Quad, which gives you 4 separate bus IDs for
the 4 different monitors, but I can't seem to get prefbusid to address
any monitor except for the primary (first) one.

I'm trying to get as many as 6 or 8 touchscreens running from one PC,
so I would really like to be able to use dual or quad head cards so I
don't run out of PCI slots. Has anyone had success with any dual or
quad head cards? If so, send me your recommendations, and maybe a copy
of your config files too if you're feeling generous.

dave.

Re: Multimedia key utilization under Linux. Another implementation.

[Hugo V. <hvw...@ya...>]

--- Aivils <ai...@un...> wrote:

> On Saturday 04 December 2004 19:09, Hugo Vanwoerkom
> wrote:
> > 
> > --- Aivils <ai...@un...> wrote:
> > 
<snip>

> As far as know actualy You are very consrevative and
> use
> onl IBM PS/2 keyboards. Nowadays we have keyboards
> with
> lots of additional , extented keys (me have 22
> multimedia keys).

Throwback to my IBM VM/CMS TSO days. No extended keys
at all, no GUI, except on 3279's that would draw
vectors like SVGZ. Reason also for Ruby rather than
LAN with another PC on it. Can't teach an old dog new
tricks...

Thanks.

H



		
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Re: Multimedia key utilization under Linux. Another implementation.

[Aivils <ai...@un...>]

On Saturday 04 December 2004 19:09, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> 
> --- Aivils <ai...@un...> wrote:
> 
> > Hi All!
> > 
> > X - X windows system
> > K - Linux kernel
> > E - Events as well
> > 
> > INTRODUCTION
> > ------------
> > 
> >     xke is userspace program which is capable read
> > and recognize Linux
> > kernel generated events of input devices. xke
> > translate Linux kernel
> > events and send to X windows system. Main goal is
> > keyboar multimedia key
> > utilization.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Aivils, since nobody seemed to react to your note
> which you certainly sent to enough places, some
> questions. Keep in mind I am one of the clueless.

I am not intoxicated by high technologies. Replay
inside 30 days is good enough.

> You wrote xke? Googling gets me foreign language
> syntax and an automobile made by Jaguar.

Yes i am author.

> I read your report and it theoretically makes sense,
> but practically what does it mean? I mean what can I
> do with xke that I cannot do now with Ruby?

As far as know actualy You are very consrevative and use
onl IBM PS/2 keyboards. Nowadays we have keyboards with
lots of additional , extented keys (me have 22 multimedia keys).
During year 2000 one of this project administrator
create Linux input event system. This event system
up to this day is used very rarely by some Xfree86 drivers
only. Exists keyboard tracker too. I decided create "one key 
press launcher". In production system we use only 3 keys:
Power - launch netscape,
Sleep - launch xmms,
Weekup - launch xterm, that is on PS/2 kbd.
Exists lots of small utils what cat do lots of "multimedia"
jobs. Sample: aumix for sound adjusting.

Nothing is ruby related, just historical bonds with this
project.

Aivils

Re: Multimedia key utilization under Linux. Another implementation.

[Hugo V. <hvw...@ya...>]

--- Aivils <ai...@un...> wrote:

> Hi All!
> 
> X - X windows system
> K - Linux kernel
> E - Events as well
> 
> INTRODUCTION
> ------------
> 
>     xke is userspace program which is capable read
> and recognize Linux
> kernel generated events of input devices. xke
> translate Linux kernel
> events and send to X windows system. Main goal is
> keyboar multimedia key
> utilization.

<snip>

Aivils, since nobody seemed to react to your note
which you certainly sent to enough places, some
questions. Keep in mind I am one of the clueless.

You wrote xke? Googling gets me foreign language
syntax and an automobile made by Jaguar.

I read your report and it theoretically makes sense,
but practically what does it mean? I mean what can I
do with xke that I cannot do now with Ruby?

Regards,

Hugo





		
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Re: Re: For intel 865 motherboards

[Observer <obs...@mo...>]

> On Wednesday 01 December 2004 20:27, observer wrote:
> > Hi
> > After a lot of trouble i was able to make ruby work perfectly with
an
> > intel 865gbf and 865perl motherboards, this was after apliying this
> > patch to the kernel:
> > 
> > diff -Naur linux-2.6.8/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c
> > linux-2.6.8.orig/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c
> > --- linux-2.6.8/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c   2004-08-14
00:37:26.000000000
> > -0500
> > +++ linux-2.6.8.orig/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c      2004-11-19
> > 00:30:59.000000000 -0600
> > @@ -191,9 +191,9 @@
> >   */
> >  static void __devinit pci_fixup_transparent_bridge(struct pci_dev
*dev)
> >  {
> > -       if ((dev->class >> 8) == PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_PCI &&
> > +       /*if ((dev->class >> 8) == PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_PCI &&
> >             (dev->device & 0xff00) == 0x2400)
> > -               dev->transparent = 1;
> > +               dev->transparent = 1;*/
> >  }
>
>                                                                                 
> >  /*
> > 
> > What i"ve found is that this fix was intended for the first
motherboards
> > with this pci bridges but (i845 i think) but it seems in newer
> > motherboards the problem has changed, this also solved a problem
with a
> > Davicom 21x4x ethernet card and some non ruby dual x configurations,
of
> > course with such a complicated patch there is a chance that some
system
> > burn in flames, but i hope someone more qualified can give a better
> > solution.
> > Hope this helps someone.
> 
> Can You show more details. Why trouble pop up under Linux-ruby , 
> but not under Linux at all ?
> If this is wide trouble, then You should notify kernel mailing list.
> 
> Aivils
 
There is trouble in Linux but it seems that they quite rare and maybe
they are taken as hardware problems or incompatibilities, I've seen a
post in the Kernel list pointing the same but no answer was given.
The problems i mention about the davicom card were found months before i
ever installed ruby but i simply changed the card, but testing the
patched kernel i found that it worked with the fix removed.
Also until this patch i haven't been able to run a multi head config
with more than 2 (sometimes not even 2) nvidia cards , no matter if
using Ruby-Linux or simply Linux but after the patch there is no
trouble, but who was going to report this as a pci bug when every
xinerama howto says that it may or may not work and that some cards mix
better than others?. 
With some other brands of cards it seems that a xserver normally has no
trouble to work but when running with the isolate patch (which is more
related to pci than to ruby) more than 2 equal cards the system freezes.
I also found something that may be unrelated but in the pci id list in
sourceforge and in the kernel 2.6.9 the definition of component
8086:244e, which is a pci bridge and is present in both motherboards,
has changed but those definitions are there only to show the names
instead of the numbers of the components.
Looking in the kernel list it seems the fix creates similar troubles (in
this motherboards) to those that it was mean to fix, anyway just
removing the code might be dangerous since all components in the board
have this: dev->device & 0xff00) == 0x2400 and i don't know how will
this affect to other components, my system have been running without
trouble for about a month with this.

Re: For intel 865 motherboards

[Aivils <ai...@un...>]

On Wednesday 01 December 2004 20:27, observer wrote:
> Hi
> After a lot of trouble i was able to make ruby work perfectly with an
> intel 865gbf and 865perl motherboards, this was after apliying this
> patch to the kernel:
> 
> diff -Naur linux-2.6.8/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c
> linux-2.6.8.orig/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c
> --- linux-2.6.8/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c   2004-08-14 00:37:26.000000000
> -0500
> +++ linux-2.6.8.orig/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c      2004-11-19
> 00:30:59.000000000 -0600
> @@ -191,9 +191,9 @@
>   */
>  static void __devinit pci_fixup_transparent_bridge(struct pci_dev *dev)
>  {
> -       if ((dev->class >> 8) == PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_PCI &&
> +       /*if ((dev->class >> 8) == PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_PCI &&
>             (dev->device & 0xff00) == 0x2400)
> -               dev->transparent = 1;
> +               dev->transparent = 1;*/
>  }
>                                                                                 
>  /*
> 
> What i've found is that this fix was intended for the first motherboards
> with this pci bridges but (i845 i think) but it seems in newer
> motherboards the problem has changed, this also solved a problem with a
> Davicom 21x4x ethernet card and some non ruby dual x configurations, of
> course with such a complicated patch there is a chance that some system
> burn in flames, but i hope someone more qualified can give a better
> solution.
> Hope this helps someone.

Can You show more details. Why trouble pop up under Linux-ruby , 
but not under Linux at all ?
If this is wide trouble, then You should notify kernel mailing list.

Aivils

For intel 865 motherboards

[observer <obs...@mo...>]

Hi
After a lot of trouble i was able to make ruby work perfectly with an
intel 865gbf and 865perl motherboards, this was after apliying this
patch to the kernel:

diff -Naur linux-2.6.8/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c
linux-2.6.8.orig/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c
--- linux-2.6.8/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c   2004-08-14 00:37:26.000000000
-0500
+++ linux-2.6.8.orig/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c      2004-11-19
00:30:59.000000000 -0600
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@
  */
 static void __devinit pci_fixup_transparent_bridge(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
-       if ((dev->class >> 8) == PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_PCI &&
+       /*if ((dev->class >> 8) == PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_PCI &&
            (dev->device & 0xff00) == 0x2400)
-               dev->transparent = 1;
+               dev->transparent = 1;*/
 }
                                                                                
 /*

What i've found is that this fix was intended for the first motherboards
with this pci bridges but (i845 i think) but it seems in newer
motherboards the problem has changed, this also solved a problem with a
Davicom 21x4x ethernet card and some non ruby dual x configurations, of
course with such a complicated patch there is a chance that some system
burn in flames, but i hope someone more qualified can give a better
solution.
Hope this helps someone.

Multimedia key utilization under Linux. Another implementation.

[Aivils <ai...@un...>]

Hi All!

X - X windows system
K - Linux kernel
E - Events as well

INTRODUCTION
------------

    xke is userspace program which is capable read and recognize Linux
kernel generated events of input devices. xke translate Linux kernel
events and send to X windows system. Main goal is keyboar multimedia key
utilization.
    As input xke uses /dev/input/eventXX device files. As output xke uses
Xtst.so library alias Xtest extension.
    xke uses unified Linux input event system. xke don't care what input
device is connected in the box. From point of view of xke differs only
device name and some parmeters. So xke satisfactory works with keyboard,
mouse and tablet.
    xke can connect to local X server any time when end-user will do it,
because use Xtst library. End-user may start and stop xke during X sesion
and use user specific settings.
    Right now xke maps key press/release events to
generate key (key-press/release) series
launch programs
generate mouse motions
generate button-press/release
    Button press and x y axis motion events will be sended to X "unchanged".

xke is a merge and rewrite from the programs:
evdev XFree86 driver by Zephaniah E. Hull
xkeymouse by Henrik Sandklef
tuntiko XFree86 driver by Daniel Skarda

http://www.ltn.lv/~aivils/files/xke-0.01.tar.bz2

Best regards, Aivils Stoss

Re: Hardware problems on booting

[vineesh k. <vi...@hc...>]

My configuration is
    OS :Redhat Linux 9.0
    kernel: 2.4.22-backstreet-ruby
patch used:bruby-2.4.22-20031111.diff	 
Graphics cards: SiS650/651/M650/740 AGP(On borad)
		:ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage LT Pro(PCI)


My dmesg shows:
     
Linux version 2.4.22-backstreet-ruby (ro...@vi...) (gcc
version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)) #13 SMP Tue Nov 30
11:24:18 IST 2004
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 0000000017bf0000 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000017bf0000 - 0000000017bf8000 (ACPI data)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000017bf8000 - 0000000017c00000 (ACPI NVS)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fed00000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fef00000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000ffee0000 - 00000000fff00000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fffc0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
379MB LOWMEM available.
found SMP MP-table at 000fba70
hm, page 000fb000 reserved twice.
hm, page 000fc000 reserved twice.
hm, page 000f6000 reserved twice.
hm, page 000f7000 reserved twice.
On node 0 totalpages: 97264
zone(0): 4096 pages.
zone(1): 93168 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4
    Virtual Wire compatibility mode.
OEM ID: GIGABYTE Product ID: 8SMML        APIC at: 0xFEE00000
Processor #0 Pentium 4(tm) APIC version 20
I/O APIC #2 Version 21 at 0xFEC00000.
Enabling APIC mode: Flat.	Using 1 I/O APICs
Processors: 1
Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/hda9  dumbcon=2 3 
Initializing CPU#0
Detected 1715.305 MHz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 vc:1-16
Calibrating delay loop... 3420.97 BogoMIPS
Memory: 381340k/389056k available (1894k kernel code, 7328k reserved,
654k data, 132k init, 0k highmem)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 8K
CPU: L2 cache: 128K
CPU: Hyper-Threading is disabled
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
CPU:     After generic, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
CPU:             Common caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch (rg...@at...)
mtrr: detected mtrr type: Intel
CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 8K
CPU: L2 cache: 128K
CPU: Hyper-Threading is disabled
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
CPU:     After generic, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
CPU:             Common caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
CPU0: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.70GHz stepping 03
per-CPU timeslice cutoff: 365.75 usecs.
enabled ExtINT on CPU#0
ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000
ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000
Error: only one processor found.
ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
Setting 2 in the phys_id_present_map
...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 2 ... ok.
init IO_APIC IRQs
 IO-APIC (apicid-pin) 2-0, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-19, 2-22 not connected.
..TIMER: vector=0x31 pin1=2 pin2=0
number of MP IRQ sources: 20.
number of IO-APIC #2 registers: 24.
testing the IO APIC.......................

IO APIC #2......
.... register #00: 02000000
.......    : physical APIC id: 02
.......    : Delivery Type: 0
.......    : LTS          : 0
.... register #01: 00178015
.......     : max redirection entries: 0017
.......     : PRQ implemented: 1
.......     : IO APIC version: 0015
An unexpected IO-APIC was found. If this kernel release is less than
three months old please report this to lin...@vg...
.... register #02: 00000000
.......     : arbitration: 00
.... IRQ redirection table:
 NR Log Phy Mask Trig IRR Pol Stat Dest Deli Vect:   
 00 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
 01 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    39
 02 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    31
 03 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    41
 04 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    49
 05 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    51
 06 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    59
 07 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    61
 08 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    69
 09 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
 0a 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
 0b 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
 0c 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    71
 0d 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    79
 0e 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    81
 0f 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    89
 10 001 01  1    1    0   1   0    1    1    91
 11 001 01  1    1    0   1   0    1    1    99
 12 001 01  1    1    0   1   0    1    1    A1
 13 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
 14 001 01  1    1    0   1   0    1    1    A9
 15 001 01  1    1    0   1   0    1    1    B1
 16 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
 17 001 01  1    1    0   1   0    1    1    B9
IRQ to pin mappings:
IRQ0 -> 0:2
IRQ1 -> 0:1
IRQ3 -> 0:3
IRQ4 -> 0:4
IRQ5 -> 0:5
IRQ6 -> 0:6
IRQ7 -> 0:7
IRQ8 -> 0:8
IRQ12 -> 0:12
IRQ13 -> 0:13
IRQ14 -> 0:14
IRQ15 -> 0:15
IRQ16 -> 0:16
IRQ17 -> 0:17
IRQ18 -> 0:18
IRQ20 -> 0:20
IRQ21 -> 0:21
IRQ23 -> 0:23
.................................... done.
Using local APIC timer interrupts.
calibrating APIC timer ...
..... CPU clock speed is 1715.3110 MHz.
..... host bus clock speed is 100.9004 MHz.
cpu: 0, clocks: 1009004, slice: 504502
CPU0<T0:1008992,T1:504480,D:10,S:504502,C:1009004>
Waiting on wait_init_idle (map = 0x0)
All processors have done init_idle
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb21, last bus=1
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
PCI: Using IRQ router SIS [1039/0008] at 00:02.0
PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I2,P3) -> 20
PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I2,P0) -> 18
PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I2,P2) -> 21
PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I9,P0) -> 17
PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I16,P0) -> 17
PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B1,I0,P0) -> 16
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd
Journalled Block Device driver loaded
Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 ok...@mo...).
Console: mono dummy device 80x25 vc:17-17
Console: mono dummy device 80x25 vc:18-18
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ
SERIAL_PCI ISAPNP enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 317M
agpgart: Detected SiS 650 chipset
agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xe0000000
[drm] Initialized tdfx 1.0.0 20010216 on minor 0
[drm] AGP 0.99 on SiS @ 0xe0000000 64MB
[drm] Initialized radeon 1.1.1 20010405 on minor 1
[drm] AGP 0.99 on SiS @ 0xe0000000 64MB
[drm] Initialized i810 1.2.0 20010920 on minor 2
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
idebus=xx
hda: Maxtor 6E040L0, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: attached ide-disk driver.
hda: host protected area => 1
hda: 80293248 sectors (41110 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=4998/255/63
Partition check:
 hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 >
SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2
Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
  options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
host/usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 11:24:24 Nov 30 2004
host/usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
host/usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
host/usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xd8816000, IRQ 20
host/usb-ohci.c: usb-00:02.2, Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
host/usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xd8818000, IRQ 18
host/usb-ohci.c: usb-00:02.3, Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (#2)
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
usb.c: registered new driver hiddev
usb.c: registered new driver hid
hid-core.c: v1.8.1 Andreas Gal, Vojtech Pavlik <vo...@su...>
hid-core.c: USB HID support drivers
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
input: ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
keyboard.c [AT Set 2 keyboard] vc:1-16
input: AT Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 32768)
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
ds: no socket drivers loaded!
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 132k freed
hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-1, assigned address 2
input: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [1241:1166] on usb-00:02.2-1
hub.c: new USB device 00:02.3-1, assigned address 2
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
host/usb-ohci.c: unlink URB timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=2 (error=-110)
hub.c: new USB device 00:02.3-1, assigned address 3
EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,9), internal journal
Adding Swap: 522072k swap-space (priority -1)
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,6), internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,7), internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
host/usb-ohci.c: unlink URB timeout
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=3 (error=-110)

======================================================================

My lspci shows:
  
  
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 650 Host (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS 530 Virtual
PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 85C503/5513
00:02.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7001 USB
Controller (rev 07)
00:02.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7001 USB
Controller (rev 07)
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev
d0)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
SiS7012 PCI Audio Accelerator (rev a0)
00:09.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage LT Pro
(rev dc)
00:10.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
SiS650/651/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter

=================================================================================

cat /proc/bus/input/devices shows
  I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0005 Version=0051
N: Name="ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
H: Handlers=mouse0 event0 
B: EV=7 
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
B: REL=103 

I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0001 Product=0002 Version=ab02
N: Name="AT Set 2 keyboard"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio0/input0
H: Handlers=kbd event1 
B: EV=120003 
B: KEY=4 2000000 8061f9 fbc9d621 efdfffdf ffefffff ffffffff fffffffe 
B: LED=7 

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=1241 Product=1166 Version=0200
N: Name="1241:1166"
P: Phys=usb-00:02.2-1/input0
H: Handlers=mouse1 event2 
B: EV=7 
B: KEY=1f0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
B: REL=103 

===================================================================================
cat /proc/bus/usb/devices shows
   T:  Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=12  MxCh= 2
B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
S:  Product=USB OHCI Root Hub
S:  SerialNumber=d8818000
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   2 Ivl=255ms
T:  Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=12  MxCh= 2
B:  Alloc=118/900 us (13%), #Int=  1, #Iso=  0
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
S:  Product=USB OHCI Root Hub
S:  SerialNumber=d8816000
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   2 Ivl=255ms
T:  Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=1241 ProdID=1166 Rev= 2.00
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=100mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID  ) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=hid
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=10ms
 








On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 23:38, celso Silva wrote:
> Hi vineesh,
> Em Ter 30 Nov 2004 06:34, vineesh kumar escreveu:
> > Hi all,
> >   i am a newbie to the list and also multi head booting. I am trying to
> > configure multihead booting on RH Linux 9.0. With an SiS integrated
> > graphics card and ATI radeon LT pro PCI card. I compile the ruby patched
> > kernel.And everything is ok. The problem is that when the kernel loads
> > the usb mouse gets disabled and usb keyboard too. I am using a Silitek
> > keybiard.and an optical mouse.But i can start X server on the secon
> > monitor. After that the system hangsup.
> >  I tested the same kernel with some other system, a p4 with original
> > intel MB. There is no problem with the kernel now but there is some
> > hradware incompatibilities so i can't start the x on the second monitor.
> >
> >   wat may b the problm
> >    thanks in advance
> >           vineesh
> >
> 
>   I don't have much knowledge to write in this list. But, maybe I can share my 
> little experience with you if you send more information. Aivils helped me 
> some time ago and everything I know is from his 'obsolete site 
> (http://startx.times.lv/)'. I stopped in the time.
>    This is my configuration:
>        bruby-2.4.25-20040219.diff.bz2 
>        Motherboard: PCCHIPS 701
>        video (AGP-onBoard): Sis300/305  
>        video (PCI): Stealth 3D 2000 PRO(S3-Virge)  or Nvidia Riva TNT2
>        KDM.
>        Slackware 9.1
>    This is my 'lspci':
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 635 Host (rev 11)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS 530 Virtual 
> PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
> 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 85C503/5513
> 00:02.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7001 USB 
> Controller (rev 07)
> 00:02.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7001 USB 
> Controller (rev 07)
> 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev d0)
> 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 
> PCI Audio Accelerator (rev a0)
> 00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 10/100 
> Ethernet (rev 90)
> 00:0b.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ViRGE/DX or /GX (rev 01)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS300/305 
> PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (rev 90)
> 
>   I didn't  test this a lot, but It's showing me two heads (or console).
>   If you are interested about others configuration email me.
> 
> Sorry for my English,
> 
> Att.
> Celso.Silva
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

Re: Hardware problems on booting

[celso S. <lu...@it...>]

Hi vineesh,
Em Ter 30 Nov 2004 06:34, vineesh kumar escreveu:
> Hi all,
>   i am a newbie to the list and also multi head booting. I am trying to
> configure multihead booting on RH Linux 9.0. With an SiS integrated
> graphics card and ATI radeon LT pro PCI card. I compile the ruby patched
> kernel.And everything is ok. The problem is that when the kernel loads
> the usb mouse gets disabled and usb keyboard too. I am using a Silitek
> keybiard.and an optical mouse.But i can start X server on the secon
> monitor. After that the system hangsup.
>  I tested the same kernel with some other system, a p4 with original
> intel MB. There is no problem with the kernel now but there is some
> hradware incompatibilities so i can't start the x on the second monitor.
>
>   wat may b the problm
>    thanks in advance
>           vineesh
>

  I don't have much knowledge to write in this list. But, maybe I can share my 
little experience with you if you send more information. Aivils helped me 
some time ago and everything I know is from his 'obsolete site 
(http://startx.times.lv/)'. I stopped in the time.
   This is my configuration:
       bruby-2.4.25-20040219.diff.bz2 
       Motherboard: PCCHIPS 701
       video (AGP-onBoard): Sis300/305  
       video (PCI): Stealth 3D 2000 PRO(S3-Virge)  or Nvidia Riva TNT2
       KDM.
       Slackware 9.1
   This is my 'lspci':
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 635 Host (rev 11)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS 530 Virtual 
PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 85C503/5513
00:02.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7001 USB 
Controller (rev 07)
00:02.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7001 USB 
Controller (rev 07)
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev d0)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 
PCI Audio Accelerator (rev a0)
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 10/100 
Ethernet (rev 90)
00:0b.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ViRGE/DX or /GX (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS300/305 
PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (rev 90)

  I didn't  test this a lot, but It's showing me two heads (or console).
  If you are interested about others configuration email me.

Sorry for my English,

Att.
Celso.Silva

Re: Hardware problems on booting

[Aivils <ai...@un...>]

On Tuesday 30 November 2004 10:34, vineesh kumar wrote:
> Hi all,
>   i am a newbie to the list and also multi head booting. I am trying to
> configure multihead booting on RH Linux 9.0. With an SiS integrated
> graphics card and ATI radeon LT pro PCI card. I compile the ruby patched
> kernel.And everything is ok. The problem is that when the kernel loads
> the usb mouse gets disabled and usb keyboard too. I am using a Silitek
> keybiard.and an optical mouse.But i can start X server on the secon
> monitor. After that the system hangsup.
>  I tested the same kernel with some other system, a p4 with original
> intel MB. There is no problem with the kernel now but there is some
> hradware incompatibilities so i can't start the x on the second monitor.
>  
If as i know one guy try aproximately 300 times start dual X on
integrated graphics, however all times unsuccessful. 

> My observation is (as I worked for more than 3 and half months till
> Zoltan came for my rescue at last) that the multihead does not work in a
> built-in AGP in motherboards like that of Intel and also it does not
> work with the sis cards :( What I did was I acquired a new nVIDIA
> GeForce MX 4000 card and exchanged the old sis card with the s3 Virge/Dx
> and it worked perfect. :)
> 
> I posted this thinking that this information could be useful.
> 
> Webocratically yours,
> Dr. Sichendra Bista, Chief Architect and Founding Secretary-General
> eParliament.org: The Pioneering OPERATIONAL Model of Webocracy

Aivils

Re: Linux console / Ruby patch on dual PCI Express

[Aivils <ai...@un...>]

On Monday 29 November 2004 20:33, Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
> Magnus Lundstedt =EDrta:
> > This is my first post to this list, I hope everyting works. :)=20
> >=20
> > I am using kernel 2.6.* with ruby on my home computer since december la=
st=20
> > year. I have two nvidia graphicscard - TNT2 Ultra PCI and Geforce4 AGP.=
=20
> >=20
> > Everything works as it should and without problems, now I have a few=20
> > questions:=20
> >=20
> > 1) When will this patch go into the main linux tree? What is left to do=
 before=20
> > it can merge, or is that "out of the question" / not gonna happen in th=
e=20
> > forseable future?=20
>=20
> As I heard, it won't get into the kernel in this form.
> Instead, one of the development directions of Linux-2.7.x
> will be to remove the console system from the kernel and
> create a user space console system.=20

 i have read similar rumors sice 1999 :)
James Simons have political influence. He should know.

> This way, all the past,=20
> present and future races will be removed as well, that plagued
> the development of 2.[56].x and were only solved in late
> 2.6.x.
> > 2) Several vendors (via, nvidia, etc) will soon start selling mobo-chip=
sets=20
> > capable of dual PCI-express or AGP + PCI-express slots.=20
> >=20
> > First (a); will PCI-express cards work "just like" AGP cards in general=
 in=20
> > linux.=20
>=20
> They should.
>=20
> > Second (b); will PCI-express motherboards/graphicscards work "out of th=
e box"=20
> > with linux?=20
>=20
> They should.
>=20
> > Third (c); Does Linux support multiple AGP ports today, which the AGP-s=
tandard=20
> > does.=20
>=20
> The kernel should support it, as all the PCI-like devices are discovered
> through the PCI BIOS calls. But I am yet to hear about such a mainboard
> that implements the "sidecar" AGP that is part of the AGP 3.0 standard.
>=20
> > If it does, will it be possible to use one of these dual PCI-express bo=
ards=20
> > with the ruby patch to make a system with two X-consoles where each has=
 one=20
> > PCI-express graphics card?
>=20
> The answer is "definitely, yes" here. :-)

This is device driver specific feature. Since Nvidia print in their README
"improved PCI Express" i hope about full success as before.
If Xfree86, Xorg do not put PCI Express into drivers, then we can dream onl=
y.

> > A system like that would be very intresting, since I am today having pr=
oblems=20
> > with openGL and other accelerated graphics on the PCI nvidia card. (whi=
ch I=20
> > assume is due to the poor performance of the PCI bus, I only get ca 700=
 fps=20
> > in glxgears on the PCI card, and xv-accelerated video has lower fps (so=
me=20
> > jerkiness) than xv on the AGP graphicscard).=20
>=20
> I had the same problem, like one of our daughters played SuperTux on the
> X server that drove my PCI Radeon and it hogged even IDE transfers.
> I reniced the X server (renice 10 <pid of X>), and it almost solved the
> problem. I say "almost" because now the SuperTux lowered the framerate,
> pretty much visibly. I haven't experimented more.

PCI is slower by default. In my end glxgears schows similar reasults.
Unloaded box - PCI is 2x slower. mplayer takes 2x more CPU on PCI.

Troble hides in the 2.6.X task scheduler which one do not care how evenly
cpu is distributed over a very short timespace, and yes, 2.6 does not do=20
this well. By default 2.6 uses 100msec timeslices for each process. If You
have 2 tasks, then each have 5 moves per second. This case is very
ugly for video games.
As solution is nice +19 usage. In nice +19 case task schedule gives only
10msec for task as maximal timeslice. So if You start
user1>nice -n +19 game1
user2>nice -n +19 game2
both games run smooth, but never as under 2.4.XX . i cannot explain
technical essence, but this is gamer feeling. 2.6.XX bump off WineX,
which becames slower, choppy.

> > So, in summare, my second question is; Does anyone know if the future d=
ual=20
> > PCI-express (or PCI-express + AGP port) motherboards (such as the VIA=20
> > K8T890Pro or nvidia Nforce 4 SLI) will work with linux and the ruby pat=
ch in=20
> > particular to set up a multi-console system using fast gfx cards?=20
>=20
> They should work.

Who knows. For AGP we have hardcoded code in the kernel for each mobo vendo=
r.
In the Nvidia case this code seems exists in the binary driver, i hope so
because Nvidia anounce PCI Express support (which mobo? reference board?).

Aivils