Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-[Minus|Plus] not working

[konsti]

Hi!

Why are Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-[Minus|Plus] not working not working in my Setup? I don' know exactly eith which Version this thing does not work anymore, I think with 4191.

Option "MetaModes" " 1280x960@1280x1400 , 1280x960@1280x1400 ; 1280x960 , NULL ; 1024x768@1280x1400 , 1024x768@1280x1400 ; 1024x768@1280x1400 , NULL "

What else options in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 can make this thing stop working?

Konsti

[bwkaz]

If you have neither a Load "extmod" line, nor a SubSection "extmod" line in your Modules section, that'll cause the XFree86-VidModeExtension to not come up. VidMode is what lets you do that, switch at runtime with the keypad.

Do you have anything hooked up on the second head? Is it turning on and off?

[konsti]

Oops, yes. Load "extmod" in modules Section or what? May be that is missing...
I use TwinView Yinerama Setup and the second head does nothing at the moment now when pressing Ctrl+Alt+KeyPad[+|-].

May be that is why http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9475
is happening? Will figure it out this evening... *mumblegrumble*

Konsti

[konsti]

Well. extmod was loaded everytime, Checked my config now and there was an
Load "extmod"
in it all the time :-(

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource

What else can cause Ctrl+Alt+NumPad[+|-] not to work?

K

[Andy Mecham]

Can you please post an X log?

--andy

[konsti]

But copy and paste is too hard here...

http://www.ludenkalle.de/XFree86.0.log

Thanks, Konsti!

[bwkaz]

Well I don't see anything immediately obvious, other than the ten tons of extraneous X modules loading.

Try getting rid of record, vbe, int10, and fb.

You're also getting a "(WW) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize AGP" message -- which motherboard do you have?

[konsti]

Originally posted by bwkaz

Try getting rid of record, vbe, int10, and fb.
-- which motherboard do you have?

I got rid of the suggested modules, lets see. Will try a fresh new start up and figure out the agpgart thing...

Oh, that motherboard is a MSI845PE-MAX2-FISR (dont now exactly now)

Hm, strange thing. I rebootet to clean up here and
(II) NVIDIA(0): AGP 4X successfully initialized

complete log is at
http://www.ludenkalle.de/XFree86.0.log.newer

May be this happened becuase I started more than on xserver for debugging purposes or so...

So, normally the initialize of AGP is no problem:

sexmachine agp # cat status
Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 4x
Fast Writes: Enabled
SBA: Enabled
sexmachine agp # cat host-bridge
Host Bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Host Bridge
Fast Writes: Supported
SBA: Supported
AGP Rates: 4x 2x 1x
Registers: 0x1f000217:0x00000314
sexmachine agp # cat card
Fast Writes: Supported
SBA: Supported
AGP Rates: 4x 2x 1x
Registers: 0x1f000217:0x1f000314

regards, Konsti

[desau13]

I'm getting the same problem. Strang thing is that this worked fine with the 4191 driver. My XF86Config file hasn't change, I've updated from Redhat 8 to 9 and to the latest nvidia driver.

[mairas]

Switching resolutions neither works for me when using TwinView. This happens both on 4191 and 4349. When using both screens without TwinView, switching resolutions works fine for individual screens.

I'm glad to give additional information on request, as I REALLY would like to get resolution switching working (watching TV is a pain with 800x600 sized full-screen mode).

[Andy Mecham]

Please send a detailed report (including an X log showing attempted resolution changes) to linux-bugs@nvidia.com.

Thanks!

--andy

[bahamot]

hey it's working now for me :) uhmm is 4400+ fps on glxgears on ti4800SE is normal?

[konsti]

Originally posted by Andy Mecham
(including an X log showing attempted resolution changes)
--andy

Attempted resolution changes are not visible in the console log wether in the XFree86.0.log...

Konsti

[aritger]

There is to be a conflict with the TwinView code in the NVIDIA X driver and some changes that were made recently to XFree86 to support the RandR extension.

Until we (NVIDIA) release a new driver, the work around is to use an earlier version of XFree86.

[konsti]

Ok, then I whish happy hacking to xour linux/BSD driver crew :-)

Konsti

[desau13]

Which "earlier" version of XFree86 must we use?

And.. is this the *only* workaround?

thanks,
d

[konsti]

I think all Versions <= 4.2.1 should do it. With 4.2.99 the new extesion was implemented...
But I don't know exactly, I use the function seldom with xinerama so I did not track the Problem through all versions.

Konsti

[desau13]

groovy. Well..I think that resolution switching isn't as important to me as running XFree4.3, so I'll just stick with creating a new XF86Config file for when I want to switch resolutions. Good to know that you've found the problem. Do you still want any of my logs? Also -- I'd be happy to help beta test a bugfix if you need any volunteers.

thanks again,
d