Messages in this thread | | | From | Jani Hakala <> | Subject | Re: XF86_S3 server hard locks my box | Date | 19 Dec 1997 04:34:50 +0200 |
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Paul Wilkins <paulw@monsterboard.com.au> writes:
> Sync your disks before you try this... > > # cd /proc > # dd if=kcore of=/dev/null > > looks fairly harmless, yes? But if I'm running the XF86_S3 server > (3.3.1), it hard locks my linux box (kernel 2.0.31, on a Pentium, 32M Ram). > Not just the X terminal. An attached WYSE/serial terminal freezes as well. > I can execute the above without the freeze if I run a different X > server, eg XF86_SVGA. The lockup is 100% reproducable (for me). > I had a S3 trio64v based graphics adapter. XFree & svagalib-apps (mainly zgv) worked ok until I bought Buslogic FlashPoint BT-930 UltraSCSI-adaptor to my amd 486-133MHz box. After that running an svgalib application (zgv) crashed my computer. I wasn't even able to log in to my computer using my HP48G which was attached to a serial port. If I remember correctly I was able to crash my computer a couple of times while using XFree. Squake still worked. I upgraded to pentium (P200 & asus tx-97) -> no difference -> bye bye trio64v...
At least I got a good excuse to get rid of that card (it had only 1MB edoram).
Jani Hakala
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