Re: SMP

[MikeV <me privacy net>]

On Thu, 31 May 2001 23:48:36 -0700, Vladimir G Ivanovic <vladimir acm org>
wrote:

Unable to help with your install problems. 

:>Of course, RedHat Web Support has been COMPLETELY USELESS in fixing
:>these problems. I get the distinct impression that their M.O. is to keep
:>on asking questions or making inane suggestions until the customer gives
:>up in disgust.
:>
:>Speaking of RH Web Support... Their web interface is will only show you
:>your original request. Nothing else. Not any tech support responses, nor
:>any of your replies, so one is constantly flipping between email (which
:>RH uses for their reponses, but doesn't allow customers to use for
:>followups) and the 1975-max character non-wrapping web input.
:>
:>I swear I could not have deliberately designed an interface that was
:>better at discouraging its use than RH has.

I too am most frustrated about the weakness of customer support. I purchased
boxed sets of 7.0 and 7.1 with the hopes that the installation help included
with them would get me over the rough spots. I am a bit of newbie and was
hoping for a bit of hand holding. The no email, no response, duh answers
drove me bonkers. Not only that, I am not sure the tech read my posts (he
keep telling me to log out of GNOME correctly even though my posts clearly
stated that GNOME was not installed - only KDE).

Their final email was, "We regret to inform you that we can no longer assist
you in this issue. We checked out the mailing list (seawolf-list),from it we
believe the solution is yet to come (we tried the Internet too --the
consensus is the same). Try to follow the developments at www.kde.org (they
may have a new version that solves the errors)."

I probably should post the problems I am having on some bug list, but do not
know the best / correct procedure I should now follow. The problems are
sufficient to result in a system hang forcing a reboot on occasion.

Just for the record, here is a repost of my list of install problems:

The system is a RH 7.1 out of the box with up2dates applied. The package
list and the full XFree86 log can be viewed at www.mm-vanecek.cc. Other
items can be posted if that will help.

I have gone through the messages at www.kde.org a couple of times. Others
have seen some of the problems listed below, but I am not sure exactly what
is being said.

I am a newbie at this. If RH customer service is not able to figure it out,
then I am not sure I have the expertise to do so. I bought 7.0 and 7.1
distros with the hopes that the included RH install assistance would keep me
from having to debug things myself. 

Would someone more knowledgeable than I please advise me as to how I should
proceed for each of the problems showing up in the XFree86 logs. Please note
that I am using KDE only (GNOME is not installed - see the package list).
Are these error messages tied together? Are they all errors (someone at KDE
said that PROBLEM 3 was not really a bug (does that mean it is a feature :)
?).

Thank you.

PROBLEM 1:

(II) Module ramdac: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 0.1.0
	ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3
Symbol VBEInit from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/i810_drv.o is
unresolved!
Symbol vbeDoEDID from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/i810_drv.o is
unresolved!

PROBLEM 2:

(WW) I810(0): xf86AllocateGARTMemory: allocation of 1024 pages failed
	(Cannot allocate memory)
(II) I810(0): No physical memory available for 4194304 bytes of DCACHE

X Error of failed request:  86
  Major opcode of failed request:  51 (X_SetFontPath)
  Serial number of failed request:  9
  Current serial number in output stream:  11
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
DCOPServer up and running.
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
QSocketNotifier: Multiple socket notifiers for same socket 6 and type read
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
X Error of failed request:  BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  7 (X_ReparentWindow)
  Resource id in failed request:  0x1400011
  Serial number of failed request:  10140
  Current serial number in output stream:  10461
Double QObject deletion detected.

PROBLEM 3:

waiting for X server to shut down kdeinit: Fatal IO error: client killed
kdeinit: sending SIGHUP to children.
kdeinit: sending SIGTERM to children.
kdeinit: Exit.
KLauncher: Exiting on signal 15

PROBLEM 4:

[artsd] ** Warning ** cache shutdown while still active objects in cache
warning: leaving MCOP Dispatcher and still 10 object references alive.
  - Arts::AudioManagerClient
  - Arts::Synth_BUS_UPLINK
  - Arts::Synth_AMAN_PLAY
  - Arts::Synth_PLAY_WAV
  - Arts::Synth_MULTI_ADD
  - Arts::Synth_MULTI_ADD
  - Arts::Synth_PLAY
  - Arts::StereoEffectStack
  - Arts::Synth_BUS_DOWNLINK
  - Arts::SoundServer
warning: leaving MCOP Dispatcher and still 41 types alive.