Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Oops! with new xorg
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:05:49
Message-Id: 200906021505.40863.volkerarmin@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Oops! with new xorg by Mick
1 On Dienstag 02 Juni 2009, Mick wrote:
2 > 2009/6/2 Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>:
3 > > On Dienstag 02 Juni 2009, Mick wrote:
4 > >> This what I am currently running:
5 > >>
6 > >> x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6
7 > >>
8 > >> x11-base/xorg-x11-7.2
9 > >>
10 > >> Is there anything I can do to fix this?
11 > >
12 > > for starters, more informations. Driver versions used. Xorg.0.log before
13 > > crash, maybe dmesg before crash (you know, for hardware stuff), does the
14 > > crash happen with an unpatched kernel too? etc pp.
15 >
16 > I am running the following drivers:
17 >
18 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.1.3 (hal -debug)
19 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.3.2 (-debug)
20 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.4.0 (-debug)
21 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics-1.0.0 (hal -debug)
22 > x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.12.1-r1 (-debug)
23
24 >
25 > Also, these are my mtrr settings in the kernel (not sure if they are
26 > correct):
27 >
28 > CONFIG_MTRR=y
29 > CONFIG_MTRR_SANITIZER=y
30 > CONFIG_MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT=1
31 > CONFIG_MTRR_SANITIZER_SPARE_REG_NR_DEFAULT=4
32 >
33
34 they are ok - I would reduce spare nr default to '1' because that is all that
35 is needed. But they should not cause a crash.
36
37
38 > I am not sure I understand the question about unpatching the kernel -
39 > do you mean vanilla upstream kernel? (I've always used
40 > gentoo-sources).
41
42 yes, I mean that. Try the vanilla upstream kernel - because if you hit the
43 crash with vanilla kernel, you can start pestering lkml and/or dri-devel
44 and/or radeon devs mailing list. As long as you are using the patched kernel
45 it is a gentoo problem. If you hit it with vanilla too it is a more global
46 linux problem ;)