[ros-kernel] VideoPrt.sys Error Log.

James Tabor jimtabor at adsl-64-217-116-74.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net
Wed Mar 10 01:42:47 CET 2004


Hi,
Filip Navara wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> James Tabor wrote:
> 
>> Same thing, did not load vtmini.sys, but no PCI vendor ID debug stuff.
>> It loads to console mode but when graphic processes start up this 
>> happens,
> 
> 
> Let's get the miniport loading first. I've updated VideoPrt.sys to print 
> a few more debug messages that could be usefull. If we get the card 
> detected, the next thing would be propably implementing the AGP support 
> (Note: AFAIK On Windows it depends on external filter driver and that 
> would require a bit of work, because our PnP manager doesn't support 
> filter drivers yet...).
> 
I'm slowly starting to look at AGP support.

If we need a list of pci ids, we can get it from linux-2.6.3/drivers/pci/pci.ids.

>> (objects/dc.c:491) FindMPDriver failed
>> (objects/dc.c:718) Unable to initialize graphics, returning NULL dc
> 
> 
> ...
> We must get the miniport loaded first, otherwise Win32k can't work and 
> behaves like this with the crash.
> 
Ok
>>
>> My hivesys.inf setup,
>>
>> HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Vga","ErrorControl",0x00010001,0x00000000 
>>
>> HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Vga","Group",0x00000000,"Video"
>> HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Vga","ImagePath",0x00020000,"system32\drivers\vtmini.sys" 
>>
>> HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Vga","Start",0x00010001,0x00000001 
>>
>> HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Vga","Type",0x00010001,0x00000001
>> HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Vga\Device0","InstalledDisplayDrivers",0x00010000,"vtdispl" 
>>
> 
> 
> The last line should be
> HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Vga\Device0","InstalledDisplayDrivers",0x00010000,"vtdisp" 
> 
Yeah it's a typo~ I did not cut and paste.

> Otherwise, it's O.K.
> 
>> There are vtdisp.dll, vtdisplay.dll, vtgamma2.dll, vticd.dll 
>> vtinfo2.dll and vtovrlay.dll.

vtdisp.dll should be in system32 not system32\drivers right?
> 
> 
> I've downloaded it, so I have access to these files...
> 
Very Good, this MSI Mainboard is sold alot.

>> [viagfx.ICD]
>> vticd.dll        the opengl driver?
> 
> 
> Yes, OpenGL driver.
> 
>> That is just the basics. I'm just hacking the hive as you can see.
>> Thanks,
>> James
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Filip
Ok, thanks,
James


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