Netfinity 4000r and RedHat 7.3 freezes up

[Guest_imported]

I have run RedHat 7.0,7.1,7.2 successfully on this same server for many months. Installed Redhat 7.3, and it freezes up in KDE (or any X) after 10 secs to 4 minutes. Requires a hardware reset/power off to get any response. Seems to be happy at the command line interface forever.

Anyone have any idea what it might be?? The XFREE86? driver?
These servers run the CT69000 video chip which has not been a problem before.

 

[jrjuiliano]

Are you running a different version of XFree than before? That's about the only thing I can think of. Usually when there's a problem you'll get some kind of segfault and a message behind it.

Anything in the log files that you can see?

J.R. Juiliano
Information Systems Specialist
Tri-City Emergency Medical Group

 

[Guest_imported]

I have the same issue, but have yet to resolve it? Can anyone help?

If I find out how to resolve the "lockup", I'll post the resolution here.

 

[Guest_imported]

Ahh - finally - I found the problem. JrJuliliano is half correct. You need to modify the XConfig-4 file - not the XConfig file and remove the accel option along with the bit pass, etc. Send me an e-mail at webmaster@chubchub.com and put a subject of "IBM Netfinity and RedHat 7.3" and I'll send you the file and give you more detailed instructions.

What a relief to have it working now...

 

[jrjuiliano]

Glad you got it resolved! J.R. Juiliano
Information Systems Specialist
Tri-City Emergency Medical Group

 

[learningtofly]

It's me again - TheBegbie- this time I'm not a vistor. Sorry for the confusion.

Many of you have written me e-mails asking how to solve this problem.

As I stated before, I modified my XConfig-4 file and I have a copy of it below.

Notice the REMARKED sections compared to your XConfig-4 file that is giving you trouble.

Hope this helps you! Enjoy!
-------------------------------------------------------------
# XFree86 4.2.0 configuration generated by Xconfigurator 4.10.7

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

# Red Hat Linux 6.0 and later use the xfs font server for improved
# interactive performance

Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

# Module loading section

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-buffering
Load "GLcore" # OpenGL support
Load "dri" # Direct rendering infrastructure
Load "glx" # OpenGL X protocol interface
Load "extmod" # Misc. required extensions
Load "v4l" # Video4Linux
# Load "record" # X event recorder
# You only need the following two modules if you do not use xfs.
# Load "freetype" # TrueType font handler
# Load "type1" # Adobe Type 1 font handler
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Princeton"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30 - 70
VertRefresh 50 - 160
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Chips & Technologies CT69000"
Driver "chips"
BoardName "Unknown"
Option "noaccel"
Option "no_bitblt"
# Option "xaa_no_color_exp"
# Option "xaa_benchmark"
# Option "hw_cursor"
# Option "sync_on_green"
# Option "fast_dram"
# Option "use_vclk1"
# Textclockfreq 25.175
# Option "nolinear"
# MemBase 0x03b00000
# Device section for C&T cards.
# Option "suspend_hack"
# Option "STN"
# Option "no_stretch"
# Option "no_center"
# Option "use_modeline"
# Option "fix_panel_size"
# videoram 512
EndSection

#Section "Device"
# Identifier "Linux Frame Buffer"
# Driver "fbdev"
# BoardName "Unknown"
#EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Chips & Technologies CT69000"
Monitor "Princeton"
DefaultDepth 8
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
# Modes "1024x768"
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection

#Section "DRI"
# Mode 0666
#EndSection