Re: Problems after xorg patch to 5.0_STABLE

[Jukka Salmi <j+nbsd%2009.salmi.ch@localhost>]

Geert Hendrickx --> port-i386 (2009-09-23 09:07:39 +0200):
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 07:36:50PM +0200, Jukka Salmi wrote:
> > I just updated a netbsd-5 i386 system (ThinkPad X40) and I'm seeing the
> > problems you describe for the intel driver: black screen as soon as I
> > run startx(1), can't switch to another VT afterwards.  Logging in via
> > ssh and sending X a SIGKILL just leaves the display garbled.
> 
> 
> Put the following in the "ServerFlags" section of your xorg.conf file:
> 
>       Option  "DontZap"       "false"
> 
> 
> The default has changed in the last X.org release... (a horrible decision, 
> IMHO)

Thanks for the hint, but that's not the problem here.  It seems to be
the intel(4) driver who's the culprit; at least using vesa(4) instead
makes the Xserver work (but not in a very useful way... ;-)).

The system in question is a thinkpad X40:

[...]
vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0: Intel 82855GM GMCH Integrated Graphics Device 
(rev. 0x02)
wsdisplay0 at vga1 kbdmux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation), using wskbd0
wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
i915drm0 at vga1: Intel i852GM/i855GM GMCH
i915drm0: AGP at 0xe0000000 128MB
i915drm0: Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730
Intel 82855GM GMCH Integrated Graphics Device (miscellaneous display, revision 
0x02) at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured
[...]

There are no errors in the [1]log; but the screen stays black, shutting
down the Xserver doesn't work except by sending it a SIGKILL which
leaves the display garbled...

Any hints?


Regards, Jukka

[1] http://salmi.ch/~jukka/nbsd/netbsd-5-Xorg/Xorg.0.log

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