https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=325833#c2 --- Comment #2 from Erik Jacobson 2007-09-17 15:44:27 MST --- Output from the virtual terminal where I started sax2. note that it said access was denied but it still proceeded? I was expecting a "switch to init 3" like message. Well, actually, I was expecting it to work because I forgot I wasn't in virtual 3 :) :) hoot:~ # sax2 -r SaX: initializing please wait... SaX: your current configuration will not be read in SaX: access to your display is denied SPP: prepare device [0] profile: Depth24 SPP: prepare device [0] profile: Radeon SPP: calling device [0] profile script: Radeon SPP: including prepared profile(s)... SaX: startup SaX: using cache data... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=325833#c4 --- Comment #4 from Erik Jacobson 2007-09-17 16:05:13 MST --- Please note: On my second attempt -- where I really was in init3 -- this dialog box comes up ok. It appears the dialog was the "Card and Monitor Properties" dialog. So it appears this is related to sax2 allowing me to start up even though X11 was already running and that avoiding that clears the problem. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=325833#c6 --- Comment #6 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-09-18 03:14:46 MST ---

4) Stefan could you state the current ia64 Xorg status ? According to our IA64 expert, the radeon driver on 10.3 is broken and is also unusable on SLES10.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=325833#c8 Erik Jacobson changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|erikj@sgi.com | --- Comment #8 from Erik Jacobson 2007-09-18 07:59:05 MST --- With regards to the init 3 vs 5 thing, I'm pretty sure it worked different for me in the past but I'm no expert here. With regards to ia64 - yeah - I know from our last interaction that ia64 isn't well supported. So I can stop filing bugs altogether if you want. I'm just trying to help not be a pain :) :) I'm hoping if I can make the bits usable enough for me to do work on, I can help out more witch checkcout of suselinux 10.3 ia64. But if things are so bad I can't even do work, then I have to go back to sles10 and won't be much help. So that's my motivation I guess. I'll note that things do seem to work ok for me on SLES10 (responding to comment #7). As I recall, I can even do dual-card Xinerama there. However, I believe we sometimes hit MCAs. Now for the NEEDINFO part... I started sax2 as suggested. I'll attach the requested files. Starting 'X' with no options resulted in what you'd expect - I could move the mouse around and the matted background seemed normal; no window manager of course. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=325833#c10 --- Comment #10 from Erik Jacobson 2007-09-18 08:02:31 MST --- Created an attachment (id=173082) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=173082) SaX.log from sax -c 0 -a run PS: I get past the SaX2 problems by just copying in my custom-made xorg.conf file that has the dual-head/one head per card configuration within and things work fine. I just wanted to be sure -- even if my bugs were rejected -- that all the issues were known. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=325833#c12 Marcus Schaefer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |erikj@sgi.com --- Comment #12 from Marcus Schaefer 2007-09-18 10:46:40 MST --- So from your comments I guess the single head configurations from sax2 were ok ? The monitor detection doesn't work on ia64 which is a hwinfo problem (missing feature). You also said you have a handmade dual head configuration which works for you. It would be interesting to see the differences between: init 3 sax2 -r -a ===> /etc/X11/xorg.conf and your handmade xorg.conf Thanks -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=325833#c14 Erik Jacobson changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|erikj@sgi.com | --- Comment #14 from Erik Jacobson 2007-09-18 12:18:53 MST --- Created an attachment (id=173141) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=173141) erikj sax2 config with Xinerama I believe I took this from what I was using on SLES10. It defines sort of two pairs of everything and ties them together with Xinerama. This is working fine for me in opensuse 10.3 beta3. In fact, enough is fixed from beta2 to beta3 that I'm able to use opensuse 10.3 beta3 as my desktop on this ia64 prism. Thanks! -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=325833#c16 Marcus Schaefer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |erikj@sgi.com --- Comment #16 from Marcus Schaefer 2007-09-19 04:04:46 MST --- your handmade file doesn't include any "special" tweaks so I think you should get a working solution with the following call: init 3 sax2 -b Xinerama -a ==> run X by calling X if this doesn't work maybe the radeonold driver works like Stefan suggested. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=325833#c18 --- Comment #18 from Thomas Meindl 2007-09-25 09:57:03 MST --- I can see the same here on a amd64 system with nvidia graphic card and a twinview configuration. I changed to a virtual terminal while being in runlevel 5 with a working twinview KDE session on terminal 7. sax2 then starts with the nv driver and asks if I want to change configuration. I confirm this and then the configuration dialog is in the upper left like on the photo in comment #3. Next I can't switch between the virtual terminals, the system shuts down the monitors and is complete unresponsive - not even the power button works. But sound from the running KDE session is playing properly. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.