Re: User questions welcome?

[Michael R. <mic...@tu...>]

On Tuesday 10 August 2004 10:51, Helge Hafting wrote:
> Michael Renner wrote:

[...]

> Feel free to ask, and provide details.  Are you trying to build a
> multi-console
> machine right now, or are you planning one?   What exactly are the
> problems?

Moin,

I have to operate some 'surf station' at science conferences, so I thought 
it's a chance to test the backstreet ruby patch with several X servers.

I have:
 patched and compiled a 2.4.25 by my own
 A debian based Pentium 4 with 1 GB RAM
 X packages 4.3.0-0pre1v3 from http://www.schuldei.org/debian/bruby
 1 nVidia AGP card
 1 nVidia PCI card
 1 Matrox Millennium
 2 PS2 keyboards
 1 USB keyboard
 3 USB mices


The kernel is started with the parameter 'dumbcon=2' by grub

I followed the instructions from the XFree-Local-multi-user-HOWTO.txt (so 
far).

Now the problem: As long as there are only the PCI cards are build in 
everything is fine! I can use both consoles.

Therefore, I have these entries in my /etc/inittab:

# For we use "1-16", "17" and "18"
#X2:23:respawn: su - guest -c "startx -- /usr/X11R6/bin/X2 :2 -layout X2 
-xf86config XF86Config-4 vt7"
X0:23:respawn: su - averell -c "sleep 5 ;startx -- /usr/X11R6/bin/X0 :0 
-layout X0 -xf86config XF86Config-4 vt17"
X1:23:respawn: su - joe -c "sleep 10; startx -- /usr/X11R6/bin/X1 :1 -layout 
X1 -xf86config XF86Config-4 vt18"

But when the AGP card is build in, no matter if I try to start the 'X2' or 
not: the machine freeze in the second 'X0' is starting. The last lines in the 
logfile are
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
        compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
        ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "xaa"
(II) LoadModule: "xaa"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a


Here is the output of a 'lspci'
cactus:~# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge 
(rev 11)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 
11)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24c2 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24c4 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24c7 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24cd (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset PCI (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24c0 (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24cb (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24c3 (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 032b 
(rev a1)
02:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 0c)
02:0b.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2064W 
[Millennium] (rev 01)
02:0c.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 (GeForce2 MX) (rev 
a1)

My XF86Config-4 is attached. In the documentation the gpm with a special 
parameter is mentioned. But I don't use gpm. In an other docu the command
echo  "1"> /proc/bus/pci/hackvideo
is mentioned, but as far as I understud the HowTo it's not longer needed with 
the patched X server?

I even think about to write an article about this method, so every help is 
welcome!

CU
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