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Re: [Xen-devel] reboot weirdness - problem identified

To: Paul Dorman <pauld@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] reboot weirdness - problem identified
From: Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:33:43 +0100
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> I'm still having no luck with this, though I think my expectations are pretty 
> reasonable at this time.  I used xf86config to generate a new minimal 
> XF86Config-4 file. The key components of it are:
> 
> Load "dbe"
> Option "omit xfree86-dga"
> Load "type1"
> Load "speedo"
> Driver "vga"
> Driver "vesa"

OK, I guess I'd expected "vga" to work, but you should be able to
do rather better than that.

"vesa" won't work. It relies on call-backs to the BIOS to
configure the display, which we don't currently support. I guess
we could, but there's usually a better driver than vesa available
anyhow, so it hasn't been a priority. 

What happens if you use the "ati" driver? 

Are you sure your kernel is build without CONFIG_{DRM,AGP,FP} ?

If so, its hard to understand why it's rebooting. I wander if
anything might be gleaned from strace'ing what happens when you
start X.

Ian




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