Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 05:54:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 05:54:05 -0400 Received: from netline-be1.netline.ch ([195.141.226.32]:34565 "EHLO netline-be1.netline.ch") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 05:54:05 -0400 Subject: Re: [Xpert]Super Micro MB and XF86 problem From: Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= To: xpert@xfree86.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1027724913.3d41d671e812b@webmail.unm.edu> References: <1027724913.3d41d671e812b@webmail.unm.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.7 Date: 27 Jul 2002 11:57:19 +0200 Message-Id: <1027763840.8525.84.camel@tibook> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2383 Lines: 49 On Sat, 2002-07-27 at 01:08, Daniel Sheltraw wrote: > Hello Xpert list > > I have been pulling my hair out over a problem I have been having > with a Super Micro P6SBA motherboard with a 440BX chipset. I was > wondering if anyone else is having any problems with this board > or chipset. I have sent a few emails to Super Micro but so far > they have not given me a solution to this problem. > > The problem arises in the following situation although it may > arise in others. We have a custom application that uses two > video cards. The AGP (ATI Radeon 7500) card is driven by our custom > kernel module while the PCI card (ATI Xpert 98) is driven by X. > We have three machines on which our application is running just fine. > All three motherboards are from different manufactures. On a fourth > motherboard, the Super Micro P6SBA, we are having a problem. When > we try to startx this machine gives the error \"no screens found\". > This is a common error in XFree86 but the important point is that > all of the cards are using identical XF86config-4 files except > for the option BusID which we set according to the device number > found in /proc/pci or by using lspci. > > So we have identical graphics cards, identical versions of XFree86 > (4.2), identical (except for BusID in device section) XF86config > files on all machines, and even identical monitors but the Super Micro > machine is not working as expected. We can find no differences in the > BIOS that we think would be causing this problem and we have > experimented with many different settings. > > The /proc/pci system does detect both graphics cards on the Super Micro > machine and if we set up the XF86 config to use just one the two > graphics cards we find that they both function. Therefore it > does not appear to be a problem with the graphics cards. > > Any ideas what could be going on here? Please put up XF86Config files and logs somewhere. Maybe more eyes can spot something you're missing. -- Earthling Michel D?nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/