[Xorg-driver-geode] Geode LX video testing results

[Martin-Éric Racine]

On 1/1/08, Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse at amd.com> wrote:
> On 31/12/07 18:49 -0500, Bart Trojanowski wrote:
> > * Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse at amd.com> [071231 16:56]:
> > > > I can confirm that no INT10 emulator code is run when in -configure
> > > > mode.  I also don't see a crash when running -configure.
> > >
> > > Wait - thats new.  Are you certain that we don't go into ProbeDDC in
> > > -configure mode?
> >
> > Actually I have discovered something else that was weird.  Maybe you can
> > explain to me the order in which modules are tested.
> >
> > When I had xserver-xorg-video-all installed, it pulled in vesa, vga and
> > amd.
> >
> > It seems that running -configure would select vesa first.  I uninstalled
> > the package.  It then selected vga, and after removing that it finally
> > selected amd.
>
> Your guess is as good as mine as to the order in which X chooses the
> modules.  But if vesa/vga were being loaded, that may explain why the
> VGA is in a bad state.

Under 1.4.1 without any other server running, I get the following log output:

8X-----
# Xorg -configure

X.Org X Server 1.4.0
Release Date: 5 September 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.4.1~git20071212-2)
Current Operating System: Linux yonix 2.6.23-dbe61 #1 PREEMPT Tue Nov
6 06:26:58 EET 2007 i586
Build Date: 22 December 2007  01:30:34AM

        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Jan  5 09:47:57 2008
List of video drivers:
        amd
        ztv
        fbdev
(EE) LoadModule: Module ztv does not have a ztvModuleData data object.
(EE) Failed to load module "ztv" (invalid module, 0)
(++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in

Backtrace:
0: Xorg(xf86SigHandler+0x7e) [0x80c660e]
1: [0xffffe420]
2: /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so [0xb7be8a59]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so(X86EMU_exec+0xa3) [0xb7bf6b43]
4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so(xf86ExecX86int10+0x55) [0xb7be33a5]
5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so(vbeDoEDID+0x161) [0xb7fc1651]
6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//amd_drv.so(GeodeProbeDDC+0x55) [0xb7c0c1e5]
7: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//amd_drv.so [0xb7c20889]
8: Xorg(DoConfigure+0x1209) [0x80b8d89]
9: Xorg(InitOutput+0x65a) [0x80a929a]
10: Xorg(main+0x296) [0x8074516]
11: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0) [0xb7d63450]
12: Xorg(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x205) [0x8073a81]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 8.  Server aborting
8X-----

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Martin-Éric Racine
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