Re: Xorg doesn't work on NetBSD 5.0.1 (amd64) Xen dom0

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 04:27:16PM +0200, Helge Mühlmeier wrote:
> Manuel Bouyer schrieb:
>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 11:53:47PM +0200, Helge Mühlmeier wrote:
>>   
>>> Helge Mühlmeier schrieb:
>>>     
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I have a problem here to get X working on my workstation. It is a   
>>>> amd64 NetBSD 5.0.1 with installed xenkernel33 (from pkgsrc 2009Q3) 
>>>> and  dom0 kernel from ftp.netbsd.org.
>>>>
>>>> With GENERIC kernel X is working fine ( I tried nvidia and radeon   
>>>> cards; both PCIe). If I start with dom0- kernel the workstation is  
>>>> booting and I have a console.
>>>> But "startx" don't work anymore... I get a blank screen and have to 
>>>> do  a hard reset...
>>>>
>>>> Do somebody have solved that problem?
>>>>
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> Helge
>>>>
>>>>       
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I found a workaround for my problem... I have 8 GB of Ram installed 
>>> but  I have to give xen-kernel only 4 GB (with more Ram X didn't 
>>> start).
>>> I added "mem=4G" to my /boot.cfg...
>>>
>>> menu=Boot Xen with 1GB for dom0:load /netbsd-XEN3_DOM0   
>>> console=pc;multiboot /xenkernel mem=4G dom0_mem=1024M
>>>
>>> Does somebody knows if there is a patch to be able to use the total   
>>> amount of ram?
>>>     
>>
>> Hum, I think there have been fixes for issues with X and the 4Gb
>> barrier. Could you try a recent 5.0_STABLE  system ?
>>
>>   
> Hi,
>
> I can download the 5.0 Stable image and install a new system. Should I  
> use pkgsrc-2009Q3?

I don't think it's going to make a difference.

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