X crashes when switching to console mode

ntubski · 01-07-2006, 09:33 AM

When I switch to console (ctrl-atl-f1) the x server crashes with

(EE) I810(0): Invalid argument

If I try to switch back to X (alt-f7) I get a blank screen. Luckily I can still get back to console.

The end of my Xorg.0.log:

Code:

(EE) I810(0): Invalid argument
(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)

Fatal server error:
EnterVT failed for screen 0


Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
         at http://wiki.X.Org
 for help. 
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional informati
on.

Error in I810WaitLpRing(), now is 3334022, start is 3332021
pgetbl_ctl: 0xf770001 pgetbl_err: 0x0
ipeir: 0 iphdr: 0
LP ring tail: 8 head: 0 len: 0 start 0
eir: 0 esr: 0 emr: 3d
instdone: ff7b instpm: 0
memmode: 4 instps: 0
hwstam: 9ac7 ier: 0 imr: 9ac7 iir: 0
space: 65520 wanted 65528
(II) I810(0): [drm] removed 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) I810(0): [drm] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0xd095a000 at 0x40017000

FatalError re-entered, aborting
lockup

Anyone have any ideas on what the problem might be?

anti.corp · 01-08-2006, 07:27 AM

Try to reconfigure your xserver.

As root type

Code:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Whats your current screenresolution/settings?

Are You using an Intel graphics card?

ntubski · 01-08-2006, 01:08 PM

The problem only shows up on Slackware with DRI loaded. It seems that if I comment Load "DRI" in xorg.conf then I don't have this problem, but then I don't get hardware acceleration.

The dri thing doesn't cause any problems in Debian. Maybe because it uses XFree86 instead of Xorg? I don't really get the difference between Xorg and XFree86.

I think I'm using an Intel graphics card. X wouldn't even start otherwise, right?

screen resolution is 1280x1024 H:80.0 kHz V:75.0 Hz. It's an LCD screen if that matters...