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Steve Shockley | 1 Sep 2002 06:21
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Buildit script

I've updated my build script for the new groups, if anyone uses it.
Comments
welcomed.

http://www.shockley.net/OpenBSD/buildit-0.2.sh
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Geek Assault | 1 Sep 2002 21:08

[CRASHES] Xinerama support ??

Hello there,

I've been running Xinerama for a fairly long time now (2 months) on openbsd (I
do this as well on a linux system without any problems). X doesn't make any
problems of it on my 3.1 system .. I've got it to work as dual-head with
xinerama.
However, there are problems once X is quit one way or another. Switching to a
different vt causes the displays to
	-	sometimes display VGA BIOS info on both heads
	-	VGA BIOS info on one head (usually the one i *have* booted with) and on the
other the vt i've seen when booting.

When i want to leave the system I don't get to shut down properly at all. This
is very annoying because i boot the system every day and always loose 5 mins
just fsck'ing. Sometimes I still can see syslogd quitting, sometimes i can't.
I've tried to shut down once coming from ssh, but everything crashes hard
(don't go into ddb though, don't know if it should on crash).
Anyways, the box becomes completely unreachable from the network/console side.
It freezes.

I don't see any regularity in this at all .. A quick google revealed something
about a presumable crash on openbsd, and i remember having a discussion with
someone on #openbsd who had the same problem and dropped openbsd for it.

Are there any patches on their way ?? Is this a knows problem ?? Are there any
solutions (yet) ??

Thanx in advance

Geek Assault
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Geek Assault | 1 Sep 2002 21:32

Re: [CRASHES] Xinerama support ??

On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 09:08:28PM +0200, Geek Assault wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> I've been running Xinerama for a fairly long time now (2 months) on openbsd
(I
> do this as well on a linux system without any problems). X doesn't make any
> problems of it on my 3.1 system .. I've got it to work as dual-head with
> xinerama.
> However, there are problems once X is quit one way or another. Switching to
a
> different vt causes the displays to
> 	-	sometimes display VGA BIOS info on both heads
> 	-	VGA BIOS info on one head (usually the one i *have* booted with) and on
the
> other the vt i've seen when booting.
>
> When i want to leave the system I don't get to shut down properly at all.
This
> is very annoying because i boot the system every day and always loose 5
mins
> just fsck'ing. Sometimes I still can see syslogd quitting, sometimes i
can't.
> I've tried to shut down once coming from ssh, but everything crashes hard
> (don't go into ddb though, don't know if it should on crash).
> Anyways, the box becomes completely unreachable from the network/console
side.
> It freezes.
>
> I don't see any regularity in this at all .. A quick google revealed
something
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Matthieu Herrb | 1 Sep 2002 21:26
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Re: [CRASHES] Xinerama support ??

Geek Assault wrote (in a message from Sunday 1)
 > 
 > Are there any patches on their way ?? Is this a knows problem ?? Are there any
 > solutions (yet) ??

If I understand you correctly, the answers are:
No, yes, always leave X before executing reboot or halt. 

					Matthieu
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Geek Assault | 1 Sep 2002 21:41

Re: [CRASHES] Xinerama support ??

On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 09:26:10PM +0200, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
> Geek Assault wrote (in a message from Sunday 1)
>  >
>  > Are there any patches on their way ?? Is this a knows problem ?? Are
there any
>  > solutions (yet) ??

>
> If I understand you correctly, the answers are:
> No, yes, always leave X before executing reboot or halt.
Indeed, no problem in there, but leaving X or doing a 'reboot' or 'halt' boils
down to the same thing : a hard crash. The moment X exits the machine crashes,
and I can't get to any console anymore.
>
>
> 					Matthieu
>

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Jack J. Woehr | 1 Sep 2002 22:09

Re: [CRASHES] Xinerama support ??

Geek Assault wrote:

>  The moment X exits the machine crashes,
> and I can't get to any console anymore.

Excuse the silly question: Have you tried the Alt-Fkeys to get to
another console?

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tedu | 1 Sep 2002 22:16

Re: [CRASHES] Xinerama support ??

On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, Geek Assault wrote:

> Indeed, no problem in there, but leaving X or doing a 'reboot' or 'halt' boils
> down to the same thing : a hard crash. The moment X exits the machine crashes,
> and I can't get to any console anymore.

What video cards are you using?  I had Xinerama working flawlessly with
two Matrox cards.

--
Mediocrity is a sin.
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Geek Assault | 2 Sep 2002 12:33

Re: [CRASHES] Xinerama support ??

On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 01:16:38PM -0700, tedu wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, Geek Assault wrote:
>
> > Indeed, no problem in there, but leaving X or doing a 'reboot' or 'halt'
boils
> > down to the same thing : a hard crash. The moment X exits the machine
crashes,
> > and I can't get to any console anymore.
>
> What video cards are you using?  I had Xinerama working flawlessly with
> two Matrox cards.
>
>
> --
> Mediocrity is a sin.
>

I've got a SiS  6326 and an ATI Mach 64 on that box.

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school. -- Lord Carrington

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Greg | 3 Sep 2002 01:39

Re: misc questions

> 1. how can I clear the screen after boot time? 

This is in the FAQ - http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq7.html#ConsoleClear

As for your other questions, I do not know the answers. Maybe someone else on 
the list can help you out.

Greg
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Can Erkin Acar | 3 Sep 2002 12:07
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New utility: pftop

I have been working on a small curses-based utility for
real-time display of pf states and rules. I believe
it is now stable/useful enough.

Tested on i386, 3.0-stable and 3.1-current
not tested with ipv6 (but should work)

Please test and comment ...

http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~canacar/pftop-0.1.tar.gz

MD5 (pftop-0.1.tar.gz) = 026626663a15afc7a3f6d79fdb7d54a2

Can

Note: The program uses ${OSrev} in Makefile to adjust to
      the changes in pf. However, for 3.1-current, the
      value must be manually adjusted to enable a few
      additional features (see comment in Makefile).
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