Re: [gentoo-user] Modular X.org issue (feelings of absolute failure) - gentoo-user

From:	Rafael Barrera Oro <rafael@××××××××××××××××.ar>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Modular X.org issue (feelings of absolute failure)
Date:	Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:27:10
Message-Id:	`454B3481.6030101@akyasociados.com.ar`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Modular X.org issue (feelings of absolute failure) by Benno Schulenberg

1

Thanks for the advice people, here is a little more information about my 

2

settings:

3

4

VIDEO_CARDS="vesa vga fbdev"

5

6

after reading your suggestions, i was planning in replacing it with:

7

8

VIDEO_CARDS="vesa via s3 vga fbdev" (although i am not sure about s3)

9

10

Also, here is the output of lspci -vn:

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12

00:00.0 0600: 1106:0204

13

        Subsystem: 1849:0204

14

        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 8

15

        Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]

16

        Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.0

17

        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

18

        Capabilities: [60] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface

19

        Capabilities: [58] HyperTransport: Interrupt Discovery and 

20

Configuration

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00:00.1 0600: 1106:1204

23

        Subsystem: 1849:1204

24

        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

25

26

00:00.2 0600: 1106:2204

27

        Subsystem: 1849:2204

28

        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

29

30

00:00.3 0600: 1106:3204

31

        Subsystem: 1849:3204

32

        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

33

34

00:00.4 0600: 1106:4204

35

        Subsystem: 1849:4204

36

        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

37

38

00:00.7 0600: 1106:7204

39

        Subsystem: 1849:7204

40

        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

41

42

00:01.0 0604: 1106:b188

43

        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0

44

        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0

45

        Memory behind bridge: fca00000-feafffff

46

        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f4900000-fc8fffff

47

        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

48

49

00:0f.0 0104: 1106:3149 (rev 80)

50

        Subsystem: 1849:3149

51

        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17

52

        I/O ports at ec00 [size=8]

53

        I/O ports at e800 [size=4]

54

        I/O ports at e400 [size=8]

55

        I/O ports at e000 [size=4]

56

        I/O ports at dc00 [size=16]

57

        I/O ports at d800 [size=256]

58

        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

59

60

00:0f.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06) (prog-if 8a)

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        Subsystem: 1849:0571

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        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17

63

        I/O ports at fc00 [size=16]

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        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

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66

00:10.0 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)

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        Subsystem: 1849:3038

68

        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16

69

        I/O ports at c000 [size=32]

70

        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

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72

00:10.1 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)

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        Subsystem: 1849:3038

74

        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16

75

        I/O ports at c400 [size=32]

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        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

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78

00:10.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)

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        Subsystem: 1849:3038

80

        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16

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        I/O ports at c800 [size=32]

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        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

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00:10.3 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)

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        Subsystem: 1849:3038

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        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16

87

        I/O ports at cc00 [size=32]

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        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

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00:10.4 0c03: 1106:3104 (rev 86) (prog-if 20)

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        Subsystem: 1849:3104

92

        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16

93

        Memory at febff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]

94

        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

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00:11.0 0601: 1106:3227

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        Subsystem: 1849:3227

98

        Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0

99

        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

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101

00:11.5 0401: 1106:3059 (rev 60)

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        Subsystem: 1849:9761

103

        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18

104

        I/O ports at d000 [size=256]

105

        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

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107

00:12.0 0200: 1106:3065 (rev 78)

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        Subsystem: 1849:3065

109

        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19

110

        I/O ports at d400 [size=256]

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        Memory at febffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]

112

        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

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114

00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100

115

        Flags: fast devsel

116

        Capabilities: [80] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface

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118

00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101

119

        Flags: fast devsel

120

121

00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102

122

        Flags: fast devsel

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124

00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103

125

        Flags: fast devsel

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127

01:00.0 0300: 1106:3108 (rev 01)

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        Subsystem: 1849:3108

129

        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10

130

        Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]

131

        Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]

132

        Expansion ROM at feaf0000 [disabled] [size=64K]

133

        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

134

        Capabilities: [70] AGP version 3.0

135

136

Finally, the output of lsmod:

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138

Module                  Size  Used by

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snd_pcm_oss            44960  0

140

snd_mixer_oss          18816  2 snd_pcm_oss

141

snd_seq_dummy           4612  0

142

snd_seq_oss            34816  0

143

snd_seq_midi_event      8576  1 snd_seq_oss

144

snd_seq                55808  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event

145

via_rhine              25348  0

146

mii                     6784  1 via_rhine

147

snd_via82xx            30504  2

148

gameport               16528  1 snd_via82xx

149

snd_ac97_codec        107608  1 snd_via82xx

150

snd_ac97_bus            3072  1 snd_ac97_codec

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snd_pcm                94988  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec

152

snd_timer              24968  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm

153

snd_page_alloc         11024  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm

154

snd_mpu401_uart         8704  1 snd_via82xx

155

snd_rawmidi            28064  1 snd_mpu401_uart

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snd_seq_device          9744  4 

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snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi

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snd                    62824  14 

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snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device

160

soundcore              11424  2 snd

161

i2c_viapro             10264  0

162

via82cxxx               9732  0 [permanent]

163

nfs                   221744  1

164

lockd                  67216  2 nfs

165

sunrpc                168776  3 nfs,lockd

166

ata_piix               14212  0

167

sata_vsc                9732  0

168

sata_sis                9476  0

169

sata_sx4               14980  0

170

sata_nv                11652  0

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sata_via                9988  0

172

sata_svw                9220  0

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sata_sil               11912  0

174

sata_promise           13700  0

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libata                 75288  9 

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ata_piix,sata_vsc,sata_sis,sata_sx4,sata_nv,sata_via,sata_svw,sata_sil,sata_promise

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sbp2                   25096  0

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ohci1394               34504  0

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ieee1394              106104  2 sbp2,ohci1394

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ohci_hcd               21124  0

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uhci_hcd               24088  0

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usb_storage            71104  0

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usbhid                 43040  0

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ehci_hcd               33160  0

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I am going to try reemerge xorg-server and changing the driver in 

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Xorg.conf to via and see what happens, thanks for all your help, truly 

189

helpful

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191

Sincerely

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193

Rafael

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1	Thanks for the advice people, here is a little more information about my
2	settings:
3
4	VIDEO_CARDS="vesa vga fbdev"
5
6	after reading your suggestions, i was planning in replacing it with:
7
8	VIDEO_CARDS="vesa via s3 vga fbdev" (although i am not sure about s3)
9
10	Also, here is the output of lspci -vn:
11
12	00:00.0 0600: 1106:0204
13	Subsystem: 1849:0204
14	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 8
15	Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
16	Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.0
17	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
18	Capabilities: [60] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface
19	Capabilities: [58] HyperTransport: Interrupt Discovery and
20	Configuration
21
22	00:00.1 0600: 1106:1204
23	Subsystem: 1849:1204
24	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
25
26	00:00.2 0600: 1106:2204
27	Subsystem: 1849:2204
28	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
29
30	00:00.3 0600: 1106:3204
31	Subsystem: 1849:3204
32	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
33
34	00:00.4 0600: 1106:4204
35	Subsystem: 1849:4204
36	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
37
38	00:00.7 0600: 1106:7204
39	Subsystem: 1849:7204
40	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
41
42	00:01.0 0604: 1106:b188
43	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
44	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
45	Memory behind bridge: fca00000-feafffff
46	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f4900000-fc8fffff
47	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
48
49	00:0f.0 0104: 1106:3149 (rev 80)
50	Subsystem: 1849:3149
51	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
52	I/O ports at ec00 [size=8]
53	I/O ports at e800 [size=4]
54	I/O ports at e400 [size=8]
55	I/O ports at e000 [size=4]
56	I/O ports at dc00 [size=16]
57	I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
58	Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
59
60	00:0f.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06) (prog-if 8a)
61	Subsystem: 1849:0571
62	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
63	I/O ports at fc00 [size=16]
64	Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
65
66	00:10.0 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
67	Subsystem: 1849:3038
68	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
69	I/O ports at c000 [size=32]
70	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
71
72	00:10.1 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
73	Subsystem: 1849:3038
74	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
75	I/O ports at c400 [size=32]
76	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
77
78	00:10.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
79	Subsystem: 1849:3038
80	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
81	I/O ports at c800 [size=32]
82	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
83
84	00:10.3 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
85	Subsystem: 1849:3038
86	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
87	I/O ports at cc00 [size=32]
88	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
89
90	00:10.4 0c03: 1106:3104 (rev 86) (prog-if 20)
91	Subsystem: 1849:3104
92	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
93	Memory at febff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
94	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
95
96	00:11.0 0601: 1106:3227
97	Subsystem: 1849:3227
98	Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
99	Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
100
101	00:11.5 0401: 1106:3059 (rev 60)
102	Subsystem: 1849:9761
103	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
104	I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
105	Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
106
107	00:12.0 0200: 1106:3065 (rev 78)
108	Subsystem: 1849:3065
109	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
110	I/O ports at d400 [size=256]
111	Memory at febffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
112	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
113
114	00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100
115	Flags: fast devsel
116	Capabilities: [80] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface
117
118	00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101
119	Flags: fast devsel
120
121	00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102
122	Flags: fast devsel
123
124	00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103
125	Flags: fast devsel
126
127	01:00.0 0300: 1106:3108 (rev 01)
128	Subsystem: 1849:3108
129	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
130	Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
131	Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
132	Expansion ROM at feaf0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
133	Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
134	Capabilities: [70] AGP version 3.0
135
136	Finally, the output of lsmod:
137
138	Module Size Used by
139	snd_pcm_oss 44960 0
140	snd_mixer_oss 18816 2 snd_pcm_oss
141	snd_seq_dummy 4612 0
142	snd_seq_oss 34816 0
143	snd_seq_midi_event 8576 1 snd_seq_oss
144	snd_seq 55808 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
145	via_rhine 25348 0
146	mii 6784 1 via_rhine
147	snd_via82xx 30504 2
148	gameport 16528 1 snd_via82xx
149	snd_ac97_codec 107608 1 snd_via82xx
150	snd_ac97_bus 3072 1 snd_ac97_codec
151	snd_pcm 94988 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
152	snd_timer 24968 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
153	snd_page_alloc 11024 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
154	snd_mpu401_uart 8704 1 snd_via82xx
155	snd_rawmidi 28064 1 snd_mpu401_uart
156	snd_seq_device 9744 4
157	snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
158	snd 62824 14
159	snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
160	soundcore 11424 2 snd
161	i2c_viapro 10264 0
162	via82cxxx 9732 0 [permanent]
163	nfs 221744 1
164	lockd 67216 2 nfs
165	sunrpc 168776 3 nfs,lockd
166	ata_piix 14212 0
167	sata_vsc 9732 0
168	sata_sis 9476 0
169	sata_sx4 14980 0
170	sata_nv 11652 0
171	sata_via 9988 0
172	sata_svw 9220 0
173	sata_sil 11912 0
174	sata_promise 13700 0
175	libata 75288 9
176	ata_piix,sata_vsc,sata_sis,sata_sx4,sata_nv,sata_via,sata_svw,sata_sil,sata_promise
177	sbp2 25096 0
178	ohci1394 34504 0
179	ieee1394 106104 2 sbp2,ohci1394
180	ohci_hcd 21124 0
181	uhci_hcd 24088 0
182	usb_storage 71104 0
183	usbhid 43040 0
184	ehci_hcd 33160 0
185
186
187	I am going to try reemerge xorg-server and changing the driver in
188	Xorg.conf to via and see what happens, thanks for all your help, truly
189	helpful
190
191	Sincerely
192
193	Rafael
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