Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Dec 1998 16:30:01 +0100 (CET) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: Dead Machine & 2.1.131 |
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On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Michael K Vance wrote:
> And to keep following up on my own posts before I see any reponses > =), it was MOST certainly xfstt killing my machine. First it would > cause random X lockups after usage, then it would kill my machine > when xdm tried to startup my session. Removing the xfstt related > lines from .xsession/.xinitrc solved the problem totally. > > It was still quite nasty... I'm disappointed that a user-space > program interacting closely with X was able to bring my machine > down.
What exactly is xfstt and what is it doing to your machine?
If we get this info out maybe it'll ring a bell with some folks who don't know X really well but do know the kernel.
OTOH, if xfstt runs as root and directly accesses I/O ports, then there isn't much we can do... (a usermode device driver can generally be considered a Bad Thing, what about MatroxFB with XF86_fbcon?).
cheers,
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