On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 08:18:01PM -0800, Brian Gaynor wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I have a dual processor Dell Precision 650. As of today, X
> will freezes
> shortly after it starts, but, only with the second processor
> enabled. If
> I go into the BIOS, and disable the second processor, then X
> works. If I
> re-enable the second processor, X freezes again.
>
[snip]
> So here are my questions:
>
> 1. Anyone else running FC3 on a dual processor? Are you
> seeing this problem?
> 2. Would this be better reported here, or to xorg? Does
> xorg mind having
> bugs submitted against xorg packages with a "FC3" as part
> of the package
> name? Or are they going to tell me something like "Oh,
> those packages
> were modified by the Fedora project. We won't do
> anything about this
> problem until you show us that it happened with our
> unadulterated packages."
> 3. Does it matter that the bogomips on the second processor
> are not equal
> to the bogomips on the first processor? (I would include
> the 2 different
> numbers here, but /proc/cpuinfo is only telling me about the first
> processor, since the second processor is diabled in BIOS.)
> 4. How to go back to the previous xorg release? Get it from
> the fedora
> web page?
>
I have FC3 running on a hyperthreaded P4 (Dell Inspiron 5160), so far today
no problems running with the new xorg (installed this morning). Obviously,
since my setup is a hyperthreaded P4 the bogomips for both "processors" are
equal.
Brian
[snip]
I downloaded the previous xorg rpm's, version 6.8.1-12.FC3.21, from the Fedora
web page. I forced rpm to load the previous packages, then I erased the newer
xorg packages (6.8.2-1.FC3.13.) I should probably have done that in the
opposite order. But, I'm now running with 2 processors enabled, no
hyperthreading, in a gnome-terminal under X11.
So something about the newer xorg packages disagreed with my dual processor
system.
BTW, I tried enabling hyperthreading again with the second processor disabled.
Inexplicably, this time, the system locked up once I brought up X. I could
have sworn that that worked correctly with the 6.8.2-1.FC3.13 packages.
Thanks for the responses.
--Seth