[ltp] T43p, xf86-video-ati, EXA with FireGL V3200 (rv380)

Alex Deucher linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:36:21 -0500


On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 6:35 AM, Raanan Manor <raanan@opcat.com> wrote:
> Now,
>
>  when I use EXA and enable compiz, X crashes.
>
>  any Ideas ?
>
>  where do I find the logs of why X crashes ?
>

/var/log/Xorg.0.log
If you have a second pc, can you get a backtrace of the crach?
http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/ServerDebugging
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingXorg

Alex

>  Thanks for your time.
>
>
>
>  Raanan
>
>  On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 05:44 -0500, Alex Deucher wrote:
>  > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 3:47 AM, Raanan Manor <raanan@opcat.com> wrote:
>  > > Hi,
>  > >
>  > >  I am using the git version and trying to enable EXA on my thinkpad,
>  > >
>  > >  AccelMethod "EXA" causes the xserver to fail and load the vesa driver
>  > >  without the EXA the X server loads fine.
>  > >
>  > >  Does EXA supposed to work with my card ?
>  > >
>  >
>  > Yes it works fine.
>  >
>  > >  Device section in xorg.conf is :
>  > >
>  > >  Section "Device"
>  > >         Identifier      "ATI Technologies Inc M24GL [Mobility FireGL
>  > >  V3200]"
>  > >         Driver          "ati"
>  > >         Busid           "PCI:1:0:0"
>  > >
>  > >         AccelMethod    "EXA"
>  >
>  > Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
>  >
>  > >  EndSection
>  > >
>  >
>  > Alex
>
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