ULE, 4BSD and xorg

Jiawei Ye leafy7382 at gmail.com
Wed May 11 19:10:36 PDT 2005


On 5/12/05, Jonathan Noack <noackjr at alumni.rice.edu> wrote:
> Have you tried the xorg-server-snap and dri-devel ports?  The DRM code
> was updated recently and could be to blame, although testing it with
> newer code would be an interesting data point.
I will try this later.
> 
> Also, try loading the module at boot by putting 'sis_load="YES"' in
> /boot/loader.conf.  Does X work then?  The reason I ask is that I have a
> machine with an r128 card that displays garbage when the module is
> loaded by X but works perfectly when the module is loaded beforehand.
> I've been told that when the module is loaded should make no difference,
> but my experience tells me otherwise...
Preloading the sis module and drm module does not make any difference
here though. I will go with the -devel ports test.

Cheers,

Jiawei
-- 
"Without the userland, the kernel is useless."
               --inspired by The Tao of Programming


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