Bug 6593 - sig11 when going dual-head with nvidia 6200, amd64, nv
Summary: sig11 when going dual-head with nvidia 6200, amd64, nv
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/nVidia (open) (show other bugs)
Version: 6.9.0
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: high normal
Assignee: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2006-04-14 03:57 UTC by Raimund 'Raimi' Jacob
Modified: 2006-09-25 02:53 UTC (History)
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Attachments
activate the multihead layout to make Xorg crash (4.30 KB, text/plain)
2006-04-14 03:58 UTC, Raimund 'Raimi' Jacob 		no flags Details
log when server crashed (42.47 KB, text/plain)
2006-04-14 03:59 UTC, Raimund 'Raimi' Jacob 		no flags Details
crash still present after Xorg update (41.35 KB, text/plain)
2006-07-10 10:38 UTC, Raimund 'Raimi' Jacob 		no flags Details
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Description Raimund 'Raimi' Jacob 2006-04-14 03:57:20 UTC 
I'm running debian on a dual-opteron (amd64) with a self-compiled vanilla kernel
(Linux vollzeit 2.6.15.3 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 10 09:00:32 EST 2006 x86_64
GNU/Linux).

starting with 6.9.0 (now Debian 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 20060405004539) Xorg supports my
Asus N6200/TD/128M card (AGP) which has a DVI and a VGA adapter.

The card/driver work like a charme (besides some minor issues with the cursor in
mozilla and friends). but today i wanted to run the thing in a dual-head setup
(got a brand new widescreen tft). please forgive my stupidity if the card doesnt
really support a dual-head setup but from what i can tell from the marketing
webpages it should be able to do it. i can also not run the other OS for testing.

i'll attach my xorg.conf which will make X crash on startup with a sig11 (log
attached) as soon as the "Multihead layout" is activated.

thanks for any advice.
Comment 1 Raimund 'Raimi' Jacob 2006-04-14 03:58:23 UTC 
Created attachment 5298 [details]
activate the multihead layout to make Xorg crash
Comment 2 Raimund 'Raimi' Jacob 2006-04-14 03:59:00 UTC 
Created attachment 5299 [details]
log when server crashed
Comment 3 Erik Andren 2006-04-16 16:55:52 UTC 
Does it work with the properity nvidia driver?
Comment 4 Raimund 'Raimi' Jacob 2006-04-16 18:19:33 UTC 
I don't know. And to be honest, I'd rather not try. The combination of recent
self-compiled kernel, SMP and PREEMPT in my experience do not mix well with the
proprietary nvidia driver.

If it really helps something, I could give it a try. But changes are that this
crashes my machine (which is used by me and some co-workers) so I have to do
this outside office hours.

So, do I have to? :)
Comment 5 Erik Andren 2006-04-16 19:01:08 UTC 
No, of course not. 
I was just trying to collect some additional information.
Comment 6 Raimund 'Raimi' Jacob 2006-07-10 10:38:55 UTC 
Created attachment 6177 [details]
crash still present after Xorg update

hi again. just in case enyone is interested: the crash is still present in Xorg
7.0.0 as it falls out of Debian sid.

When 7.1 makes it into Debian, I will test again...
Comment 7 Raimund 'Raimi' Jacob 2006-09-25 02:53:04 UTC 
FYI: Debian just gave me a new X:

X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN 
Current Operating System: Linux vollzeit 2.6.15.3 #4 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jul 9
20:51:12 CEST 2006 x86_64
Build Date: 07 July 2006

...and the crash is gone. I still dont have dual-head but I assume this is a
configuration issue. I'will play around with that before assuming a bug here.

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