system freezes with AGPMode > 1

tek45 · n00b Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 17 Location: Michigan

I've got a Dell Inspiron 8200 w/
ATI Mobility 9000

Trying to raise my fps, I attempted to change AGPMode in XF86Config from 1 to 4. If I try to startx, the whole system freezes. None of the key combinations work, I can't ssh in to kill X from the outside, and I end up having to hold down the power button.

I have agpgart and dri compiled as modules in 2.4.20-gentoo-r1.
I'm running xfree 4.3.0, and after the kernel compiles I end up having to manually replace the kernel dri module with xfree's dri module to get dri to load.

ctford0 · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 7:08 am Post subject:

Try this:

after rebooting with the new kernel, emerge xfree-drm (the version that corresponds to the version of xfree that you have)

then run opengl-update xfree.

hope this helps

chris

tek45 · n00b Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 17 Location: Michigan

Gave that a try, but it didn't seem to help. It still locks up with either modes 2 or 4.

tek45 · n00b Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 17 Location: Michigan

Actually, glxgears seems to go about 400 fps slower now.

ctford0 · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2003 4:44 am Post subject:

Do you have agpgart and the radeon driver in the kernel compiled as modules? If not give that a try and then after a reboot emerge xfree-drm and do the opengl-update xfree. If this still doesnt work maybe you could post your X log.

Chris

tek45 · n00b Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 17 Location: Michigan

I did have them as modules (that's the only way I could get them to work), but I re-compiled the kernel anyway and did the rest. It still freezes in 4x AGP mode, though on the bright side I seem to get more stable fps in 1x now.

I don't get a log when xfree freezes. I just have one from the current good startup, and a .old from the last good one. I even tried turning off noflushd, thinking it might not be flushing the log to disk before it freezes. Would posting the healthy log (or parts of it) help any?

Thanks for the help btw

ctford0 · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 9:15 am Post subject:

Sad to say probably not unless it has any errors or warnings while it is loading... I do have one question though, in your original post after the "radeon" you have a "y" is that present in your XF86Config file? or just a typo...

Chris

tek45 · n00b Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 17 Location: Michigan

ctford0 · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 4:13 pm Post subject:

Do you have support for the agp chipset on your motherboard compiled into the kernel? This is basically the last thing I can think of.

Chris

tek45 · n00b Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 17 Location: Michigan

Black Sword · n00b Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 15 Location: Roaming

I have the same problem--with the following update. I can have Either AGP 4X enabled or FastWrites on but not both at the same time. Any thoughts?