Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Dec 1998 02:37:33 +0000 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: mozilla+XFree86+Linux-2.1.x => HARD LOCKUP (addition) |
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On Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 11:29:47PM -0500, Rafael Reilova wrote: > You don't happen to have a VIA chipset on your motherboard do you? There > is a hardware bug with the VIA that causes a total freeze up ocassionally > when doing DMA (esp. with sound). the AC kernels, since 2.1.129 (IIRC) > have a work around for that bug (you must enable PCI quirks). I was going > crazy with it too.
Do you know if this affects disk activity too?
I have a VIA and get lockups with DMA to my IDE disk, unless I do hdparm -X34 as well.
Cheers, -- Jamie
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