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Subject: [linux-help] Re: Bad Swap caused my new video card?
From: Clint Brubakken <cabrubak@xxxxxxx>
Date: 29 Jan 2003 10:55:45 -0600
Reply-to: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx

It did for the onboard, that part of the reason it ran so slow. 


On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 10:42, Christopher Brown wrote:
> Clint,
> 
> question: doesn't the pavilion share memory for the video within the system 
> ram? Would that likely have anthing to do with it?
> 
> Chris Brown
> (not an expert either, I'm just trying to be helpful by answering questions 
> with questions)
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cheez-Czar <cabrubak@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 13:20:33 -0600 (CST)
> To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [linux-help] Re: Bad Swap caused my new video card?
> 
> > 
> > I'm not sure about that, I finally got the video card disable (involved 
> > taking the machine in half). 
> > 
> > I'd suspect a video problem, if thinkgs displated wrong, but I'd think the 
> > video drivers are a higer level then the kernel. 
> > 
> > The only thing that makes me thinks its the video, is that until I 
> > installed the new card, It worked veeeeeeery slooooow, but no problems 
> > like this. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, David E Carmichael wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Clint -
> > > 
> > > I am far from an expert on Linux... but from my personal tried to
> > > get Voodoo cards to work under Linux it at first glance looks as
> > > if the SiS video is still trying to load device drivers....
> > > 
> > > Did you find a copy of the BETA Voodoo 3 200 drivers?
> > > 
> > > I was having to try to use generic "X" drivers many moons ago.
> > > 
> > > --David
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Clint Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxx>
> > > To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:24 AM
> > > Subject: [linux-help] Bad Swap caused my new video card?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > >
> > > > I just replaced my onboard SiS video card (a long and annoying
> > > process
> > > > on the HP pavillion I use) with a Vodoo 3 2000 PCI.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > It is a million times faster, but I'm getting kernel errors:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging
> > > request at
> > > > virtual address d4aed057
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel:  printing eip:
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel: c012a57c
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel: *pde = 00000000
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel: Oops: 0002
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel: soundcore binfmt_misc printer
> > > autofs
> > > > tulip ide-scsi scsi_mod ide-cd cdrom usb-
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel: CPU:    0
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel: EIP:    0010:[<c012a57c>]    Not
> > > tainted
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel: EFLAGS: 00210206
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel:
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel: EIP is at filemap_nopage
> > > [kernel] 0xbc
> > > > (2.4.18-5)
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel: eax: c119d35c   ebx: c7ea4c94
> > > ecx:
> > > > c7ea4c94   edx: 0000001a
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel: esi: 0000001c   edi: 0000001a
> > > ebp:
> > > > cfd58aa4   esp: c0e85e60
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel: ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel: Process evolution-execu (pid:
> > > 1507,
> > > > stackpage=c0e85000)
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel: Stack: c7ea4c94 0000001a
> > > cfd58aa4
> > > > 0000001c c7ea4be0 c7ea4c94 c9ac65c0 00000100
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel:        00000000 c01322c2
> > > c02157e1
> > > > c0e7d0e0 c012a4c0 c0e7d0e0 c7ffa5c0 c0126751
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:05 linux1 kernel:        c7ffa5c0 41052000
> > > 00000000
> > > > c0e7d0e0 c0e7d0e0 c0e7d0e0 c7ffa5c0 c01269d4
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:06 linux1 kernel: Call Trace: [<c01322c2>]
> > > __alloc_pages
> > > > [kernel] 0x72
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:06 linux1 kernel: [<c02157e1>] rb_insert_color
> > > [kernel]
> > > > 0x61
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:06 linux1 kernel: [<c012a4c0>] filemap_nopage
> > > [kernel] 0x0
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:06 linux1 kernel: [<c0126751>] do_no_page [kernel]
> > > 0x51
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:06 linux1 kernel: [<c01269d4>] handle_mm_fault
> > > [kernel]
> > > > 0xe4
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:06 linux1 kernel: [<c01276e5>] do_mmap_pgoff
> > > [kernel] 0x5b5
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:06 linux1 kernel: [<c011421b>] do_page_fault
> > > [kernel] 0x12b
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:06 linux1 kernel: [<c010d14d>] old_mmap [kernel]
> > > 0xed
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:06 linux1 kernel: [<c010d175>] old_mmap [kernel]
> > > 0x115
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:06 linux1 kernel: [<c012c557>] sys_mprotect
> > > [kernel] 0x117
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:06 linux1 kernel: [<c013894d>] filp_close [kernel]
> > > 0x4d
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:07 linux1 kernel: [<c01140f0>] do_page_fault
> > > [kernel] 0x0
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:07 linux1 kernel: [<c0108a64>] error_code [kernel]
> > > 0x34
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:07 linux1 kernel:
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:07 linux1 kernel:
> > > > Jan 28 10:18:07 linux1 kernel: Code: ff 89 c3 83 c4 0c 85 db 74
> > > 2c 8b 43
> > > > 18 83 e0 08 74 62 8b 4c
> > > > Jan 28 10:20:50 linux1 kernel:  <3>swap_dup: Bad swap file
> > > entry
> > > > 0713f044
> > > > Jan 28 10:20:50 linux1 kernel: VM: killing process tcsh
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > any ideas?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Clint Brubakken <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Programmer Analyst
> > > > Inetic Web Development
> > > > ---
> > > > Black holes are where God divided by zero.
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > 
> > > 
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> > 
> > -- 
> > +-----------------------------------------------------+
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Clint Brubakken <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxx>
Programmer Analyst
Inetic Web Development
---
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