Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 05 Dec 1998 13:22:20 -0500 | From | David Feuer <> | Subject | Re: Dead Machine & 2.1.131 |
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Paul Jakma wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Michael K Vance wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > 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 > > Are you sure your machine was *totally* locked up? > > I've had this problem with xfstt aswell - X totally locked up. But the > machine is still going. It appears that xfstt can't handle some TT > fonts, so eg X requests a font, xfstt can't handle it and never get's > back to the X server. The X server waits an indeterminate time for a > response from the font server.. and so appears hung. > > I've since switched to xfsft, an font server based on the free type > library, which hasn't given me any trouble at all. Also, as it's the > original xfs with true type support added, it can also serve your other > X fonts, so you can replace xfs with it. Configuration is exactly like > xfs aswell. > > regards, > -- > Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie > ********************************************************** > /etc/crontab: > 01 5 * * * root find / -name windows -type d \ > -fstype msdos -o -fstype vfat -exec rm -rf {} \; > ********************************************************** > PGP5 public key: http://www.clubi.ie/jakma/publickey.txt > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
I get the impression that it is dangerous to run normal XF86_SVGA when the console is fbcon. Is this correct? It works for me, but if there are hidden dangers, I'll stop using FBCON.
Also: I tried XFree86-3.3.3. When I ran the X server (XF86_SVGA) it worked fine, but any other way just claimed to be starting and then sat there. I think there is something wrong with the Xwrapper in 3.3.3, but I'm not sure.
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