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Old 04-16-2004, 06:27 PM   #1
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Permedia 2, a thousand and 1 problems


I'm trying to set up Xinerama again, this time I'm using a PCI card, Permedia 2, with 4MB ram (last one was a S3 card with only 2MB, which didn't give me more than 800x600 at Depth 24, which is the reason I bought this one).

Well, to start it off, this line from the X log:
Code:
(II) GLINT(0): Clock range:  16.25 to 50.00 MHz
Why is the Max pixel clock so low? this is for Depth 24, and thus only gives me 800x600 resolution . That's not good. For Depth 16, the Max clock is 100MHz, but I can't use Depth 16, because I wan't to use 24 on my main screen. Also, this line in the log:
Code:
(--) GLINT(0): Chipset: "ti_pm"
That is a Permedia 1 Chipset, even though I have been told that the card is based on Permedia 2, and Knoppix detected it as Permedia 2. (I'm using Slackware). If I put ti_pm2, or pm2 in the Config file, the Max clock increases to 110MHz, however, X doesn't start, It doesn't even show the card bios.

Also, when I use Depth 24, there is an enourmous pixel corruption everywhere on the screen. I can't describe it, however, it's not pretty, and it's not something you should brag about .

And another problem, if the Permedia based Screen is initialized first, X wont start. Permedia's screen has to be initialized first for X to start, and I have no idea why. If it's second, the computer dies on the log line:
Code:
(II) Truncating PCI BIOS Length to 32768
PS, the XF conf file is called .noxinerama, because i'm currently testing it without xinerama enabled.

I'm hoping someone here has an idea for my problems, or there are users out there that have used permedia 2 and have workable conf files.

PSPS: On the card pcb, it says Permedia 3000. Here's a picture of the card:
http://www.okazion.bg/catalog/view_i...3?LotID=263756

Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
	Screen  0	"Screen0" 0 0
	Screen	"screen2" LeftOf "Screen0"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
# PS/2 Mouse not detected
# Serial Mouse not detected
        InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"
	
EndSection

Section "Files"
	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
#	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
#	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
	Load  "GLcore"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "glx"
        Load  "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
	Load  "speedo"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
        Option      "CoreKeyboard"
	Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
	Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Serial Mouse"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option      "Protocol" "Microsoft"
	Option      "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
	Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
	Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
	Option	    "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "PS/2 Mouse"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option      "Protocol" "auto"
Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
	Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
	Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
	Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
	Option	    "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "USB Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"SendCoreEvents"	"true"
        Option          "Protocol"              "IMPS/2"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
        Option          "Buttons"               "5"
EndSection

# Auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Monitor0"
	Option	"DPMS"	"true"
#	HorizSync    28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
	HorizSync    31 - 61 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 90 # Very conservative. May flicker.
# These are some Modelines that happen to work on many systems
# Especially the "1024x768" has been thoroughly tested, even on Laptops
	Modeline "640x480"     25.175 640  664  760  800   480  491  493  525 #60Hz
	Modeline "800x600"     40.12  800  848  968 1056   600  601  605  628 #60Hz
	Modeline "1024x768"    85    1024 1056 1152 1360   768  784  787  823
	Modeline "1152x864"    92    1152 1208 1368 1474   864  865  875  895
	Modeline "1152x864"   110    1152 1240 1324 1552   864  864  876  908
	Modeline "1152x864"   135    1152 1464 1592 1776   864  864  876  908
	Modeline "1152x864"   137.65 1152 1184 1312 1536   864  866  885  902 -HSync -VSync
	Modeline "1280x1024"   80    1280 1296 1512 1568  1024 1025 1037 1165 Interlace
	Modeline "1280x1024"  110    1280 1328 1512 1712  1024 1025 1028 1054
	Modeline "1280x1024"  126.5  1280 1312 1472 1696  1024 1032 1040 1068 -HSync -VSync
	Modeline "1280x1024"  135    1280 1312 1456 1712  1024 1027 1030 1064
	Modeline "1280x1024"  135    1280 1312 1416 1664  1024 1027 1030 1064
	Modeline "1280x1024"  157.5  1280 1344 1504 1728  1024 1025 1028 1072 +HSync +VSync
	Modeline "1280x1024"  181.75 1280 1312 1440 1696  1024 1031 1046 1072 -HSync -VSync
	Modeline "1600x1200"  162    1600 1664 1856 2160  1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync
	Modeline "1600x1200"  189    1600 1664 1856 2160  1200 1201 1204 1250 -HSync -VSync
	Modeline "1600x1200"  202.5  1600 1664 1856 2160  1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync
	Modeline "1600x1200"  220    1600 1616 1808 2080  1200 1204 1207 1244 +HSync +VSync
	ModeLine "1800x1440"  230    1800 1896 2088 2392  1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync +VSync
	ModeLine "1800x1440"  250    1800 1896 2088 2392  1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync +VSync
EndSection

Section "Device"
	### Available Driver options are:-
# sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards
        #Option     "sw_cursor"
        #Option     "hw_cursor"
        #Option     "NoAccel"
        #Option     "ShowCache"
        #Option     "ShadowFB"
        #Option     "UseFBDev"
        #Option     "Rotate"
	Identifier  "Card0"
# The following line is auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config
	Driver      "glint"
	VendorName  "All"
	BoardName   "All"
	BusID       "PCI:0:10:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultColorDepth 16
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     1
		Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     4
		Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     8
		Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     15
		Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     16
		Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     32
		Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "mon2"
    HorizSync	30-85
    VertRefresh 50-120
    
    Modeline "1280x960" 125 1280 1328 1512 1712 960 961 966 1008
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier	"nvidia"
    Driver	"nvidia"
    Option	"NvAGP"	"3"
    BusID	"PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "screen2"
    Device	"nvidia"
    Monitor	"mon2"
    DefaultDepth	24
    
    Subsection "Display"
	Depth	24
	Modes	"1280x960"
    EndSubsection
EndSection
 
Old 04-17-2004, 01:03 PM   #2
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