Re: error in xinerama mode ?

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On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, kiwi wrote:

>
> hello,
>
> i have probe all this things,
> and attatch the conconfig file, and xfree86 log.

   None of them made the problem go away?  Even the "NoAccel" ?

>
> on this testing, i found a other thing,
> to make the eagle software stable,
> then i switch the " use always vector fonts " on,
> works software normaly, and i can scroll, zoom,.... work with this.
>
> what is it ?

   Not sure.  Maybe they mean drawing text with lines.  Or maybe
that just means they avoid bitmap fonts.  If "NoAccel" didn't
do anything, this would imply a font renderer problem.

			Mark.

>
> and have a motziller a similar option ?
>
> thanks
>
> michael
>
>
>
>
> On Saturday 28 August 2004 22:19, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
> > On Sat, 28 Aug 2004, kiwi wrote:
> > > i have the same problem with more than one pc,
> > > from my 4 pc's with with xinerama is on one pc all ok in xinerama mode.
> > > on all other, i have the same problem,
> > > the application "eagle" or "mozilla" hangs after scrolling,
> > > and in one of 20 hangs of software crash , hangs the xserver or the
> > > window manager.
> > >
> > > yes, i habe the same problem, without any window manager.
> > >
> > > when i say in my xfree86config
> > > Option          "Xinerama"      "false"
> > > working all software without any hangs on all screens.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > can you test the eagle software with you xserver ?
> > > the eagle software is an electronic circuits drawing programm from
> > > cardsoft http://www.cadsoft.de
> > > you can download the software from:
> > > ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/pub/program/4.11/eagle-4.11g.tgz or as rpm :
> > > ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/pub/program/4.11/eagle-4.11g-1.i386.rpm
> > > and after start:
> > > open: Projects --> examples --> hexapod --> hexapod.prd --> EAGLE HANGS!
> > > --> killall eagle
> >
> >    This works fine for me.  I get a circuit diagram and I can move the
> > window around and resize it without any problem.  This is running with
> > two NVIDIA GeForce4 MX cards (one AGP and one PCI) in Xinerama.  Both
> > are in 1600x1200 making a 3200x1200 desktop.  I tried this with both
> > NVIDIA's binary driver and the "nv" driver that comes with XFree86 4.4.
> >
> >    I suspect an mga driver bug or some other obscure problem.  Here are
> > some things you can try:
> >
> > 1)  Don't load the "dri" or "glx" modules in the XF86Config.  This
> >     would rule out a dri problem.
> >
> > 2)  Try Option "NoAccel" for all cards.  This would rule out a driver
> >     acceleration problem.
> >
> > 3)  Don't load the "freetype" module.  This would rule out a font renderer
> >     problem.
> >
> > 4)  I notice the driver didn't autodetect the amount of VideoRam on
> >     the cards and defaulted to only 4 kBytes.  You specify the correct
> >     amount in the device section (you should do this in any case since
> >     it will help performance).  See man XF86Config, section on "VideoRam".
> >
> > 5)  Try using a smaller resolution like 800x600 or 640x480 on each
> >     screen.  It may be that the app has some internal assumptions about
> >     the maximum desktop size and is broken in this respect.  Likewise
> >     you can see if just using two of the screens works, for example
> >     just:
> >
> >   Screen          "Screen 00"
> >   # Screen          "Screen 01"     LeftOf  "Screen 00"
> >   Screen          "Screen 02"     RightOf "Screen 00"
> >
> >
> > 			Mark.
> >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > 	michael
> > >
> > > On Saturday 28 August 2004 02:01, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
> > > >    I don't know of any outstanding Xinerama bugs in XFree86
> > > > and I have no problems running Mozilla in Xinerama with two
> > > > NVIDIA cards so I think there's not a problem with the core
> > > > X-server.  You say Mozilla alone without a window manager will
> > > > cause the hang?  Is this just Mozilla that is hanging or the
> > > > whole X-server is hanging?  Are you sure this is specific to
> > > > Xinerama?  Ie. a single head, or two heads without Xinerama
> > > > do not cause the hang?
> > > >
> > > >    If the X-server is hanging I suspect this is an mga driver
> > > > bug.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >                         Mark.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, kiwi wrote:
> > >
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