Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Jul 2000 22:30:06 -0400 | From | Trever Adams <> | Subject | Odd screen blanking between X and shells |
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[1.] One line summary of the problem: Often switching from X to VC/VT will cause screen to be blank or dim. 'reset' fixes.
[2.] Full description of the problem/report: I start X. Do some work. Move to a VC without X to do some different work. Go back to X. Do some more. Then I go back to VC whether it is a logged in one or not and I have a blank or dim screen. reset at the shell prompt fixes them all.
[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel): X, virtual terminal, screen, black/blank, dim, dark
[4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version): Linux version 2.4.0-test4 (root@aurora.acdlaamns.net) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #9 Wed Jul 12 17:49:15 EDT 2000
[5.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt) no oopses it seems
[6.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the problem (if possible) usually I am doing a make on the non-X terminal
[7.] Environment mixture of X and bash
[7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here) -- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or look -- unusual then possibly you have very old versions) Linux aurora.acdlaamns.net 2.4.0-test4 #9 Wed Jul 12 17:49:15 EDT 2000 i686 unknown Kernel modules 2.3.10-pre1 Gnu C egcs-2.91.66 Binutils 2.9.5.0.22 Linux C Library 2.1.3 Dynamic linker ldd (GNU libc) 2.1.3 Procps 2.0.6 Mount 2.10f Net-tools 1.54 Console-tools 0.3.3 Sh-utils 2.0 Modules Loaded
[7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo): processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 2 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor stepping : 1 cpu MHz : 798.478231 cache size : 512 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no sep_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmxext mmx fxsr 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 1592.52
[7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules): none
[7.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem) 0000-001f : dma1 0020-003f : pic1 0040-005f : timer 0060-006f : keyboard 0070-007f : rtc 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00bf : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 0170-0177 : ide1 01f0-01f7 : ide0 02f8-02ff : serial(auto) 0376-0376 : ide1 03c0-03df : vga+ 03f6-03f6 : ide0 0400-040f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 5000-5003 : acpi 5004-5005 : acpi 5008-500b : acpi 5020-5023 : acpi 6000-607f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] 8000-8fff : PCI Bus #01 c000-c0ff : Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c875 c000-c07f : sym53c8xx cc00-ccff : Trident Microsystems 4DWave NX cc00-ccff : Trident 4DWave NX d000-d07f : Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140 [FasterNet] d000-d07f : eth0 d400-d403 : Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] System Controller d800-d8ff : Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c875 (#2) d800-d87f : sym53c8xx ffa0-ffaf : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] ffa0-ffa7 : ide0 ffa8-ffaf : ide1 00000000-0009fbff : System RAM 0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved 000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area 000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM 000f0000-000fffff : System ROM 00100000-07feffff : System RAM 00100000-0020bb0f : Kernel code 0020bb10-002225af : Kernel data 07ff0000-07ff7fff : ACPI Tables 07ff8000-07ffffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage ddc00000-ddcfffff : PCI Bus #01 e0000000-e7ffffff : Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] System Controller eddff000-eddfffff : Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] System Controller ede00000-efefffff : PCI Bus #01 ee800000-eeffffff : Texas Instruments TVP4020 [Permedia 2] ef000000-ef7fffff : Texas Instruments TVP4020 [Permedia 2] efee0000-efefffff : Texas Instruments TVP4020 [Permedia 2] efffc000-efffcfff : Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c875 efffd000-efffdfff : Trident Microsystems 4DWave NX efffe000-efffefff : Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c875 (#2) effffd00-effffdff : Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c875 effffe80-effffeff : Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140 [FasterNet] effffe80-effffeff : eth0 efffff00-efffffff : Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c875 (#2) ffff0000-ffffffff : reserved
[7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root) 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] System Controller (rev 25) Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64 set Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Region 1: Memory at eddff000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] Region 2: I/O ports at d400 [disabled] [size=4] Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0 Status: RQ=15 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2 Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none>
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] AGP Bridge (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64 set Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64 I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff Memory behind bridge: ede00000-efefffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: ddc00000-ddcfffff BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140 [FasterNet] (rev 22) Subsystem: Netgear: Unknown device 1100 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort - <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 20 min, 40 max, 64 set, cache line size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10 Region 0: I/O ports at d000 [size=128] Region 1: Memory at effffe80 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128] Expansion ROM at eff80000 [disabled] [size=256K]
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Trident Microsystems 4DWave NX (rev 02) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 2 min, 5 max, 64 set Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9 Region 0: I/O ports at cc00 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at efffd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 1 Flags: PMEClk- AuxPwr- DSI- D1+ D2+ PME- Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super] (rev 1b) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0000 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 set
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 set Region 4: I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- AuxPwr- DSI- D1- D2- PME- Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:07.4 SMBus: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 20) Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
00:09.0 SCSI storage controller: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c875 (rev 14) Subsystem: Diamond Multimedia Systems FirePort 40 Dual SCSI Controller Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 17 min, 64 max, 144 set, cache line size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: I/O ports at c000 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at effffd00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Region 2: Memory at efffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Expansion ROM at effd0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
00:09.1 SCSI storage controller: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c875 (rev 14)
Subsystem: Diamond Multimedia Systems FirePort 40 Dual SCSI Controller Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 17 min, 64 max, 144 set, cache line size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: I/O ports at d800 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at efffff00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Region 2: Memory at efffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
01:05.0 Display controller: Texas Instruments TVP4020 [Permedia 2] (rev 01) Subsystem: LeadTek Research Inc.: Unknown device 2633 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 192 min, 192 max, 64 set Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at efee0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] Region 1: Memory at ef000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M] Region 2: Memory at ee800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M] Expansion ROM at efed0000 [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [40] AGP version 1.0 Status: RQ=31 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1 Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none>
[7.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi) Attached devices: Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00 Vendor: NEC Model: CD-ROM DRIVE:464 Rev: 1.05 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00 Vendor: RICOH Model: MP6200S Rev: 2.40 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Trever Adams
P.S. I might be the only one having this problem. I didn't use 2.4.0test2 but 2.4.0test1 was fine... all test3's and 4's I have tried are bad. -- For the finest in family and value oriented products: http://www.daysofyore.com For owner friendly domain names: http://domains.daysofyore.com
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