hello folks
i cant get xdm to run properly on a host which serves for a couple of
xterms. previously, i was running 3.3.6 and had no problem. however when i
upgraded to 4.2.0, xdm freaks out and keeps trying to redraw screens on
the server machine, never getting past the stippled background before
switching modes and trying again. i can see that the process is running,
and xdmcp is
listening on udp 177, but the xterms cant find it when they broadcast for
clients. when i run "startx" or just "X" on the central host machine,
everything works fine: i get a session, kde will start (or whatever other x program i
like), etc.
the machine is a freebsd 4.6-RC box, fairly old hardware and a pretty
generic video setup.
from dmesg:
FreeBSD 4.6-RC #4: Tue Jun 4 11:57:43 PDT 2002
jeff@filer:/usr/src/sys/compile/FILER
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz
CPU: Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron (400.91-MHz 686-class CPU)
...
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib2
pci1: <SiS 530/620 SVGA controller> at 0.0 irq 10atkbdc0: <Keyboard
controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3
...
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on
isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
...
also after running xdm, this shows up in messages (im assuming its
related to the mouse):
psmintr: out of sync (0000 != 0008).
psmintr: discard a byte (1).
from /var/log/xdm-error:
XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 18 January 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.6-RC i386 [ELF]
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Jun 6 11:18:10 2002
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(EE) SIS(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI.
X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window
parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 14 (X_GetGeometry)
Resource id in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 59
Current serial number in output stream: 59
X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window
parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 14 (X_GetGeometry)
Resource id in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 59
Current serial number in output stream: 59
X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window
parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 14 (X_GetGeometry)
Resource id in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 59
Current serial number in output stream: 59
xdm error (pid 11469): IO Error in XOpenDisplay
xdm error (pid 5818): Display :0 cannot be opened
and a snippet from XFree86.log:
(II) SIS(0): [drm] drmOpen failed
(EE) SIS(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI.
(II) SIS(0): direct rendering disabled
thanks very much for whatever help is available. im at a bit of a loss,
not being much of an X-pert.
jeff garnand
jeff@2inches.com
