[lug] XWin Problems

Atkinson, Chip CAtkinson at Circadence.com
Wed Jan 3 11:24:55 MST 2001 

what are the IRQs when the sound card is out of the machine?  Diffing the
results of the information below as obtained with and without the sound card
in the machine is likely to show the most information.  What kind of mouse
do you have?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Morris [mailto:boru at frii.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:20 AM
> To: Boulder Linux User's Group
> Subject: Re: [lug] XWin Problems
> 
> 
> On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Jeff Howell wrote:
> 
> > I agree, sounds like a DMA/IRQ conflict. rearranging the cards will 
> > help. Also manually specifying IRQs in the BIOS will as 
> well. Also make 
> > sure that PnP OS is set to NO. That option is available in 
> almost every 
> > BIOS I've seen, especially if it's based off an Award one.
> > 
> 
> Yes, I agree it sounds VERY much like an interrupt problem.  Here is
> what I have found from experimenting (asside from that things still do
> not work):
> 
> Anyone who is interested in helping, take a look through and let me
> know any new ideas on what to try....
> 
> Here is the list of interrupts as they are now Interrupt List:
> 
>  0: timer
>  1: keyboard
>  2: cascade
>  3: Serial 2
>  4: Serial 1
>  5: Modem (Serial 3)
>  6: ?
>  7: Parallel Port
>  8: ?
>  9: Linksys Ether16 network card (NE2000) (eth0)
> 10: DiamondMM Stealth 3D 3000 (2MB) Video Card
> 11: Creative Labs Ensoniq audio card
> 12: Intel 10/100 Ethernet Controller (eth1)
> 13: FPU
> 14: IDE0
> 15: IDE1
>  
> 
> I removed the sound card and everything goes back to normal, I put the
> sound card back in and the same problem occurs.
> 
> I swapped out the PCI cards (Intel ethernet card, video card, sound
> card), and put them in a number of configurations and there was no
> change except for the periodic change in IRQ, but still none
> overlapping.
> 
> As the board is fairly old, it is almost certain I have the latest
> bios for the motherboard, but it is worth checking just in case.
> 
> In the bios, PnP OS is set to no already.
> 
> The top command reveales nothing spectacular - XF86_S3V is never using
> more than 8% of the CPU time, and that only briefly on startup, then
> it goes to the bottom of the list and idles.
> 
> The system is full accessible over the network and routes network
> traffic just fine, runs an xterm, etc.  Just the input to the X-Server
> does not work.
> 
> The /var/log/messages file relevant to loading the IS1371 driver is as
> follows:
> 
>  Jan  3 10:55:19 belgarath kernel: es1371: version v0.22 time 
> 14:01:40 Jan  2 2001
>  Jan  3 10:55:19 belgarath kernel: es1371: found chip, vendor 
> id 0x1274 device id 0x5880 revision 0x02
>  Jan  3 10:55:19 belgarath kernel: es1371: found es1371 rev 2 
> at io 0xe800 irq 11
>  Jan  3 10:55:19 belgarath kernel: es1371: features: joystick 0x0
>  Jan  3 10:55:19 belgarath kernel: es1371: codec vendor   v 
> (0x838476) revision 9 (0x09)
>  Jan  3 10:55:19 belgarath kernel: es1371: codec features 
> 18bit DAC 18bit ADC
>  Jan  3 10:55:19 belgarath kernel: es1371: stereo 
> enhancement: SigmaTel SS3D
> 
> I/O ports do not overlap anywhere.  Here is the /proc/ioports
> contents:
> 
> 
>  0000-001f : dma1
>  0020-003f : pic1
>  0040-005f : timer
>  0060-006f : keyboard
>  0080-008f : dma page reg
>  00a0-00bf : pic2
>  00c0-00df : dma2
>  00f0-00ff : fpu
>  0170-0177 : ide1
>  01f0-01f7 : ide0
>  02f8-02ff : serial(set)
>  0300-031f : NE2000
>  0376-0376 : ide1
>  03c0-03df : vga+
>  03e8-03ef : serial(set)
>  03f6-03f6 : ide0
>  03f8-03ff : serial(set)
>  e000-e007 : ide0
>  e008-e00f : ide1
>  e800-e83f : es1371
>  c8837000-c883701f : Intel Speedo3 Ethernet
> 
> Here is the output of the `lspci -vv` command in case anyone can make
> some use of it to help solve the problem:
> 
> ------------------------Begin lspci -vv Command Output----------------
> 
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C597 [Apollo 
> VP3] (rev 04)
> 	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
> VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
> >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR+
> 	Latency: 16 set
> 	Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
> 	Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0
> 		Status: RQ=7 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=21
> 		Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=
> 
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598 [Apollo 
> MVP3 AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
> VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
> >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 0 set
> 	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
> 	I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
> 	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
> 
> 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/A/B 
> PCI-to-ISA [Apollo VP] (rev 47)
> 	Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. MVP3 ISA Bridge
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- 
> VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
> >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 0 set
> 
> 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE 
> [Apollo] (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
> VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
> >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 32 set
> 	Region 4: I/O ports at e000
> 
> 00:07.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B ACPI (rev 10)
> 	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
> VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
> >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 
> 00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq: Unknown device 
> 5880 (rev 02)
> 	Subsystem: Ensoniq: Unknown device 2003
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
> VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow 
> >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 12 min, 128 max, 32 set
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
> 	Region 0: I/O ports at e800
> 	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
> 		Flags: PMEClk- AuxPwr- DSI+ D1- D2+ PME-
> 		Status: D1 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
> 
> 00:09.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c988 [ViRGE/VX] 
> (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
> VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
> >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 4 min, 255 max, 32 set
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
> 	Region 0: Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
> 	Expansion ROM at e8000000 [disabled]
> 
> 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557 
> [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
> 	Subsystem: Intel Corporation EtherExpress PRO/100+
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
> VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
> >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR+
> 	Latency: 8 min, 56 max, 32 set, cache line size 08
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 12
> 	Region 0: Memory at ea100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
> 	Region 1: I/O ports at ec00
> 	Region 2: Memory at ea000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
> 	Expansion ROM at e9000000 [disabled]
> 	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
> 		Flags: PMEClk- AuxPwr- DSI+ D1+ D2+ PME+
> 		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-
> 
> 
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