The XFree86 server (4.0.2) will crash right at the start on an SM950 chip. You will get the gray X background plus the cursor and then the machine will freeze (no keybord, no loginig in via ssh). This is an ASUS L7300 Laptop. See beta hw #12.
we don't have pci ids for this card: Can I have output of lspci and lspci -v? We have switched back to XFree86 3.3.6 for all silicon motion chips except the LynxEM for our next beta release.
This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Florence Gold release
[root@soliton /root]# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (AGP disabled) (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Motion, Inc. SM910 (rev b5) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) 00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 02) 00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 02) [root@soliton /root]# lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (AGP disabled) (rev 03) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Motion, Inc. SM910 (rev b5) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Silicon Motion, Inc. SM910 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9 Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master]) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 I/O ports at fcd0 [size=16] 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11 I/O ports at fce0 [size=32] 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) Flags: medium devsel 00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 02) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 9 Memory at 10000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=176 Memory window 0: 10400000-107ff000 (prefetchable) Memory window 1: 10800000-10bff000 I/O window 0: 00001000-000010ff I/O window 1: 00001400-000014ff 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 02) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 9 Memory at 10001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=176 Memory window 0: 10c00000-10fff000 (prefetchable) Memory window 1: 11000000-113ff000 I/O window 0: 00001800-000018ff I/O window 1: 00001c00-00001cff 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
this should be working in Wolverine...please re-open if this is not the case.
Just tested it with XFree86-4.0.2-10. Almost same result. X will now crash when the splash screen of gnome appears.
We switched to the 3.3.6 server, apparently that's not working either. Looks like this card may not be well supported in this release unfortunately.
The 3.3.6 server works fine for me if I use 24 bpp. If I use 16bpp there are some minor problems: The card will switch the vga output from internal LCD to external monitor when I switch from a VT to X and when the screen saver kicks in. However, I can switch back to the LCD using the keyboard.
Still broken in 4.0.3
Still broken in 4.1 from rawhide.
I suggest reporting this bug upstream to XFree86 directly, as there is not much we can do. Test the latest XFree86 4.1.0-3 server out, and then please file a report via email to: xfree86 XFree86 3.3.6 is no longer maintained.
4.1.0-3 will lock up the box right the second you start x. I did already report the problem to the XFree project. I do however understand that there is nothong redhat can do about it;-(