XServer freezes with Shuttle FN41 & Fedora

[boffyflow]

Hi,

I am seeing random crashes of the XServer on my system. When trying to glxgears the whole system freezes (reproducible).
I have a Shuttle FN41 motherboard with an integrated GeForce4 MX GPU (32MB shared memory).
- Fresh install of Fedora Core 1
- Updated kernel (+sources) to 2.4.22- 2149
- installed gcc32
- ran NVIDIA driver 5336
- edited XFConfig file (to remove dri and set driver to nvidia)

I have been struggling since 2 days with various versions, bu to no avail. Any help or pointers greatly appreciated !

Thanks!!

Find attached:
- XFree86.0.log

output from 'ldd glxgears':
++++++++++++++++++++

libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/tls/libGL.so.1 (0x00c59000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x009ff000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00111000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0 (0x001ef000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/libm.so.6 (0x00509000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0x001ff000)
libGLcore.so.1 => /usr/lib/tls/libGLcore.so.1 (0x00cb6000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00901000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x009a8000)

and my XF86Config file:
+++++++++++++++++++

libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/tls/libGL.so.1 (0x00c59000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x009ff000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00111000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0 (0x001ef000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/libm.so.6 (0x00509000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0x001ff000)
libGLcore.so.1 => /usr/lib/tls/libGLcore.so.1 (0x00cb6000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00901000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x009a8000)
[root@localhost files]# more XF86Config.txt
# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
# Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "S/M 753DF"
DisplaySize 320 240
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

[Andy Mecham]

Does switching AGP drivers (or just disabling AGP) help at all? Your logs and files look fine.

--andy

[boffyflow]

I tried disabling as much as I could in the BIOS... What do mean by disabling the driver ? How ?

Thanks.

Robert

[ipower]

I would try this in your XF86Config file or even play with the 2 or 3 other options available.

Option "NvAGP" "0"

to your XF86Config it should work. It worked for me. The "NvAGP" worked great. Try it. If it works for you then great! Although I don't know it doesn't seem that you need this but its worth a try.

[Andy Mecham]

Adding

Option  "NvAGP" "0"

to your XF86Config as the above poster suggested will disable AGP usage by the driver.

--andy

[boffyflow]

Thanks for the ideas.

Tried all the different NvAGP options, but to no avail :-(
I also went back to 4496 because I read in this forum that people were having more luck with that. And I set the went back and loaded the fail-safe BIOS settings.

Does anybody have a Shuttle SN41G2 and got the GeForce card working stable ? I am willing to use a different linux distribution if necessary...

Thanks.

Robert