xfce 4.8 upgrade errors

[Pavel Timofeev]

Last_message_2.0 =)
Works good with old AccelMethod "XAA" (instead of exa)!
In xorg.conf I have
Option     "RenderAccel"  "on" (yes, "on"!)
Option     "AccelMethod"    "XAA"


2011/4/15 Olivier Duchateau <duchateau.olivier at gmail.com>

> I have also an ATI graphics card (below excerpt from dmesg).
>
> [...]
> drm0: <ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955> on vgapci0
> vgapci0: child drm0 requested pci_enable_busmaster
> info: [drm] Initialized radeon 1.31.0 20080613
> info: [drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
> info: [drm] Loading R300 Microcode
> info: [drm] Num pipes: 2
> info: [drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs
>
> In my /etc/X11/xorg.conf, in section Device:
> Section "Device"
>        Option     "int10"              "on"
>        Option     "BusType"              "PCIE"
>        Option     "RenderAccel"          "on"
>        Option     "AccelMethod"          "exa"
>        Option     "DRI"                  "on"
>        Option     "DynamicPM"            "on"
>  Identifier  "Card0"
>  Driver      "radeon"
>  VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
>  BoardName   "Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)"
>  BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
> EndSection
>
> I used Xfce 4.8 (during development stages) with FreeBSD 8.1 and older
> version of X.org, and I didn't notice particular.
>
>
> 2011/4/15 Pavel Timofeev <timp87 at gmail.com>:
> >> I've send PR, http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=156231
> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=156230
> >> We must wait for upgrade made by maintainer, but you can use patches.
> >
> > Yes, I tried ports/156231 and ports/156230. Nothing changed. And tried
> >
> >> Pavel, are you able to run your xfce session with startx command?
> >> 1. In /etc/ttys (line beginning by ttyv8), replace 'on' by 'off',
> >> reboot your computer.
> >
> > I use slim and rc.conf. Ok, slim_enable="YES" was commented in
> /etc/rc.conf
> >
> >> 2. if in your $HOME directory, .xinitrc (or .xsession) file doesn't
> >> exist, copy it from /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/.
> >> 3. create also .xsession (ln -sf ~/.xinitrc ~/.xsession)
> > Copied and created. (Before I had .xinitrc and it contained
> > /usr/local/bin/startxfce4, and I had .xsession which used as link to
> > .xinitrc. Made by your advice.)
> >
> >> 4. finally, run 'startx' command, a file called .xsession-errors will
> >> appear
> > Done. But no .xsession-errors file =(
> > And system hangs as before when I want to run opera and other problem
> apps.
> >
> >
> > About miwi`s post:
> > I noticed that adding line 'Option "BusType" "PCIE"' to xorg.conf in the
> > 'Section "Device"' makes something strange.
> > At first Xorg start I see black screen (no errors in Xorg.log.0), but
> after
> > restart it works good, and hangs don't occur.
> > Is it normal? My card is 'ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AQ [Radeon 9600] rev
> 0'
> > and it is AGP card.
> > Changing BusType to AGP or PCI doesn`t bring anything good: system hangs.
> >
> > 2011/4/15 Olivier Duchateau <duchateau.olivier at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> 2011/4/14 Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com>:
> >> > On Thu, 14 Apr 2011, Pavel Timofeev wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I just understood the problem!
> >> >> It dawned upon me! All these apps are united by the fact that they
> have
> >> >> icons (when they running) at notification area on xfce4-panel.
> >> >> Problem with xfce4-panel! I checked it.
> >> >>
> >> >> If I make
> >> >> $ rm -rf .config
> >> >> and then logon to xfce4 it tell me 'Welcome to the first start of the
> >> >> panel'
> >> >> and I choose  'Use default config'.
> >> >> Now all works very good,
> >> >> But if I make logout and then relogon to xfce4 again opera and some
> >> >> apps
> >> >> hangs system.
> >> >>
> >> >> Ok. Reboot system. Logon to xfce4 and first thing remove
> 'notification
> >> >> area'
> >> >> from xfce4-panel. And now all works fine!
> >> >> Problem in xfce4-panel.
> >> >
> >> > There was a new release of xfce4-panel a few days ago:
> >> > http://foo-projects.org/pipermail/xfce/2011-April/028514.html
> >>
> >> I've send PR, http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=156231
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Also a new version of garcon:
> >> > http://foo-projects.org/pipermail/xfce/2011-April/028513.html
> >> >
> >>
> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=156230
> >>
> >> We must wait for upgrade made by maintainer, but you can use patches.
> >>
> >> Pavel, are you able to run your xfce session with startx command ?
> >>
> >> 1. In /etc/ttys (line beginning by ttyv8), replace 'on' by 'off',
> >> reboot your computer.
> >> 2. if in your $HOME directory, .xinitrc (or .xsession) file doesn't
> >> exist, copy it from /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/.
> >> 3. create also .xsession (ln -sf ~/.xinitrc ~/.xsession)
> >> 4. finally, run 'startx' command, a file called .xsession-errors will
> >> appear
> >>
> >> Look at warning and errors.
> >>
> >> --
> >> olivier
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> olivier
>