Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Dec 1998 01:49:16 +0100 (CET) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: mozilla+XFree86+Linux-2.1.x => HARD LOCKUP (addition) |
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On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, QingLong wrote: > I wrote recently: > | > | Mozilla somehow screws X server so that it locks up Linux totally. > | All 2.1.x kernels I've tried since 2.1 thread started suffer from this. > | Mozilla appears to be the only beast able to make Xserver to screw Linux. > | Of course, there is a bug somewhere in XFree86 X server (S3V one). > | > I just discovered a dependence: running DMA-active application > (here I tried a borrowed SoundBlaster card and `splay') increases > freezing probablity dramatically.
There is a S3V driver in the SVGA server that doesn't have this bug and works just as fast.
Check www.xfree86.org for more details, I believe this is actually an FAQ...
cheers,
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