Re: Help request - Xfree 4.2.0, Mandrake 8.2, bruby 2.4.25

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

> Hello list,

Hi Daniel,

> 
> I've been experimenting with the Backstreet Ruby patch and I feel that I
> almost have it working, but I'm having difficulty getting X running on my
> second or third graphics card. I'm hoping someone on the list can kindly
> give me some help. (please?!)
> 
> Setup:
>  - Duron 1.6
>  - VIA KT4AV Motherboard
>  - 512MB
>  - 3 * PCI Sapphire ATI Radeon 7000 32MB (0:5:0, 0:6:0, 0:7:0)
>  - Mandrake 8.2

don't you know that MDK-8.2 suport is discontinued :-)
kidding, but update might help a bit

>  - 1 standard PS2 keyboard
>  - 1 USB keyboard
>  - 2 USB mice
> 
> The kernel works just fine (I think). I downloaded a clean 2.4.25, patched
> it, mkinitrd'd, grub'd, no problems. USB is compiled as modules, because
> the
> Mandrake init scripts seem to like it like that.
> 
> X server is installed from XFree86-concurrent-server-4.2.0-10mdk.i586.rpm
> and I'm not using /proc/bus/pci/hackvideo

using the concurrent X server is equal to using the hack,
not sure if this is the problem thought
 
> I can start 'X0' as :0 on the first PCI card with either keyboard (vt7 or
> vt17), and either mouse (/dev/input/mouse0 or mouse1), so it seems the
> inputs are all in /dev/input (devfs) correctly.
> 
> 
> So here's the problem... After stopping X0 (no X server running at all
> now),
> I cannot get X1 to start on the second PCI card, using:
> 
> 	startx -- /usr/X11R6.bin/X1 :1 -xf86config /etc/X11/XF86Config-4-X1
> -layout
> X1 vt17 > tmp.log 2>&1
> 
> The console display I'm on goes blank (but monitor isn't entering power
> saving mode), no LEDs function on the keyboard, and as far as I can tell
> Linux hangs. There's no /var/log/XFree.1.log after rebooting to single
> user
> mode / rc3, and the last messages I can see in my tmp.log read :
> 
>   (WW) RADEON: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI 0:5:0)
> found
>   (WW) RADEON: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI 0:7:0)
> found
> 

you should first get all cards working in single mode,
or/and Xinerama

Xinerama would be probably easier with XFdrake

but ...
your XFree version is tooooooo old :(
(it shouldn't metter if you are configuring under bruby or normal kernel)

when you get them working in Xinerama drop a line :-)

> The file XF86Config-4-X1 contains:
> 
>   Section "Device"
>     Identifier	"ATI Radeon 2"
>     VendorName	""
>     BoardName	""
>     Driver	"radeon"
>     Option	"DPMS" "off"
>     BusID	"PCI:0:6:0"
>   EndSection
> 
>   Section "Screen"
>     Identifier "screen2"
>     Device "ATI Radeon 2"
>     Montior "monitor2"
>     ...
>   EndSection
> 
>   Section "ServerLayout"
>     Identifier "X1"
>     Screen "screen2"
>     InputDevice "USB Mouse 2" "CorePointer"
>     InputDevice "Keyboard2" "CoreKeyboard"
>     Option "SingleCard" "true"
>     #Option "PrefBusID" "0:6:0" # does this work?
>   EndSection
> 
> 
> I tried using -prefbusid, but the XFree-concurrent I've got doesn't seem
> to
> recognise it?

nope, 
it's unsupported, both commandline parameter & config file
options PrefBusID & SingleCard are unsuported by it

that's why for a bit newer mdk versions
there are both -prefbusid & concurrent Xservers,
and for latest only prefbusid(as the hack is equal to concurrent)
well there are no "official" packages for MDK-10,
but in case of interest i have some Xorg packages
(if i didn't messed up smth, there should be -prefbusid Xserver
 for any MDK that ships with XFree-4.3)

> So, please, can someone suggest where I might be going wrong?!
> 

sorry to say it,
but i can not help a lot without working Xinerama or all
cards in single mode :(

i really think a XFree update could help,
which probably means distro update too 

best,

svetljo

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