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Re: Problems with kernel 3.1 and vaio Z21 (2011)

 

Nicklas, I'm sorry to hear that. Just a question what was your make
statement? I have been using make "linux-dri-x86-64". I wonder what the
difference could be. Also are you running it out of /usr/local? or did you
change the configs/default to /usr?

Rob

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 6:38 AM, Nicklas Overgaard <nicklas@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> Just followed your "advice" and tried the latest mesa HEAD... That did not
> turn out the way I expected.
>
> 1. My GDM crashes are now happening very frequent, even without going to
> pages with flash. It can happen at basically any time - while switching
> workspaces or dragging windows around
> 2. The issue with my external monitor on HDMI is still present (black
> screen on login)...
> 3. The drawing of my desktop seems nicer on the external monitor, however,
> on the build in screen it's the same.
>
> Have not tried 3d performance though... I have reverted to stable Q3
> release for now. Might try again in a few weeks.
>
> /Nicklas
>
>
> On 2011-09-22 14:04, Rob Mukai wrote:
>
> Damien,
> In answer to your questions.
> 1. DHCP
> 2. With Flash
> 3. cat /proc/mtrr
> reg00: base=0x000000000 (    0MB), size= 2048MB, count=1: write-back
> reg01: base=0x080000000 ( 2048MB), size=  512MB, count=1: write-back
> reg02: base=0x09b000000 ( 2480MB), size=   16MB, count=1: uncachable
> reg03: base=0x09c000000 ( 2496MB), size=   64MB, count=1: uncachable
> reg04: base=0x0ffc00000 ( 4092MB), size=    4MB, count=1: write-protect
> reg05: base=0x100000000 ( 4096MB), size= 2048MB, count=1: write-back
> reg06: base=0x180000000 ( 6144MB), size= 1024MB, count=1: write-back
> reg07: base=0x1c0000000 ( 7168MB), size=  256MB, count=1: write-back
> reg08: base=0x1d0000000 ( 7424MB), size=  256MB, count=1: write-back
> reg09: base=0x1dfe00000 ( 7678MB), size=    2MB, count=1: uncachable
> 4. recompiled removed the proprietary fglrx driver now I have 3d working.
> ExtremeTuxRacer now gets 60 FPS. So I am still running mesa 7.12-dev, but it
> seems to be working now.
>
>  DoTheDog
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:51 AM, Damien R <damienrg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>  On 21 September 2011 21:36, Rob Mukai <dothedog2010@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, here is my info:
>>> VPC-z2190X, i5-2540, 6GB ram, 128GB SSD dm-raid 0, PMD, 1600x900 screen,
>>> Linux: Ubuntu Natty 11.04 with custom compiled 3.1.0-rc6 x86-64 (no
>>> sparse_irq, vaio patch), gnome 2.32.1
>>>
>>> Ethernet timeout: no (although before I moved to rc6 I had compiled the
>>> r8168 driver from realtek. I can't compile it for some reason on rc6 but it
>>> does appear that the r8169 driver works ok.)
>>>
>>
>> Do you have a dhcp or static IP address ?
>>
>>
>>>  Rendering problem: haven't noticed...
>>> Random crash: sometimes. but not really noticeable.
>>>
>>
>> Is flash installed or not ?
>>
>>
>>> I do have the mtrr errors:
>>>
>>>  $ dmesg | grep -i mtrr
>>> [    0.000000] MTRR default type: uncachable
>>> [    0.000000] MTRR fixed ranges enabled:
>>> [    0.000000] MTRR variable ranges enabled:
>>> [    2.603613] mtrr: no more MTRRs available
>>> [    2.603618] [drm] MTRR allocation failed.  Graphics performance may
>>> suffer.
>>>
>>>
>>>  $ sudo cat /proc/mttr
>>> cat: /proc/mttr: No such file or directory
>>>
>>
>> Ah sorry, I misspelled the command, it is:
>> cat /proc/mtrr
>>
>>
>>> And 3d graphics are not that great. Extreme Tux Racer I get like 2 FPS.
>>> Actually now I can't even get glxinfo to show... I wonder what I did...
>>>
>>
>> Try with default drm and mesa packages if you have compiled your own
>> (maybe you can install packages from 11.10).
>>
>> Regards,
>> Damien R.
>>
>
>
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