XFree86 4.0 only works with NoAccel option. XFree86 3.3.6 works but crashes sometimes. The following errors are reported by the Xserver on startup with the NoAccel option: Symbol XAAMoveDWORDS_FixedBase from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/glint_drv.o is unresolved! Symbol XAAMoveDWORDS from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/glint_drv.o is unresolved! System info: stock redhat 7.0 + redhat 7.0 updates + rawhide rpms of kde2, gnome, XFree86, enlightenment + all rawhide rpms needed for dependencies. version: XFree86-4.0.2-1 system: personal workstation 500au, alpha ev56 video card: Gloria Synergy Permedia 2, Glint.o module recognized as: Texas Instruments TVP4020 Permedia 2 (rev 1).
I've asked upstream for any known fixes for this problem. Awaiting info..
I have patches from Compaq but nobody with the hardware so far that is willing to test them in a timely fashion. You game?
A *MAJOR* new update to the Permedia driver has just been incorporated into XFree86-4.0.3-8. The patches are from Compaq, and fix numerous problems on Alpha, as well as other platforms. These packages are available for download at: http://people.redhat.com/mharris Please close the bug report after confirming that it does in fact fix the problem for you, and ensure that you fill out new bug reports if you encounter any new errors. Thanks.
I'm back :-) Sorry for the late reaction, i've been away awhile. I've upgraded everthing to the latest rpms in rawhide yesterday: downloaded everything, did an rpm -Fvh *.rpm rebooted so i'm running 2.4.2 from rawhide first tested XFree86 4.0: XFree86 4.0 (from XFree86-4.0.3-5) worked a few minutes and then crashed I was still able to log in from another pc and do a shutdown -r now X crashed while i was using netscape: first some of the buttons above in the window and the window that shows the webpage itself became blueish, then it crashed. Now i'm running back in XFree86 3.3.6 (from XFree86-3DLabs-3.3.6-35) which seems to work now Please let me know if you want me to test something or if you need certain logfiles. kind regards, Dries
I forgot to include this in the last comment: I checked your webpage http://people.redhat.com/mharris/ but it was empty. Can I download those patches somewhere else? Kind regards, Dries
XFree86 3.3.6 also crashed after 1 day. This time i didn't had to reboot the machine.. i still could login from another pc and after a 'killall X' i was back at the console.
My mistake. It *should* have read: ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
I mistakenly gave a bad URL above. ;o( The proper URL is: ftp://people.redhat.com Not http. Please try out the latest code and let me know if this problem is fixed now.
The new version at your ftpsite seems to work fine on this machine. The previous version almost immediately crashed when you load in some webpages in netscape but this version seems to survive that. X is running for some 15 minutes now. If it still didn't crash tomorrow morning, i'll close this bugreport... Thanks for the new version :-)
This new XFree86 version works without any problems so i guess the bug is solved. Thank you very much for fixing the problem!