Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Jul 1998 04:34:30 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: Kernel lockups with 2.0.3x |
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On 26 Jul 1998, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Date: 26 Jul 1998 02:17:27 +0200 > From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> > To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@ican.net> > Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, > manhattan-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: Kernel lockups with 2.0.3x > > "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@ican.net> writes: > > > On Sun, 26 Jul 1998, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > > > The entire screen was shifted a random amount to either the left > > or the right (depending on how you look at it. The bottom 2 > > inches went black, with the odd random colored pixels showing up > > here and there, in diagonal lines - not straight lines though, > > roughly diagonal, and equally spaced every so many cm on the > > screen at the bottom. A couple windows were only partially drawn > > on the screen (partially updated). The X cursor was on the > > desktop, but froze. My mouse and keyboard were totally dead. No > > LED's either... A couple other black patches were here and there > > on the screen. > > The new console code sometimes tries to write a kernel message to the > screen when it shouldn't. This could be caused by this if your x > server/graphic card really does not like that.
There is new console code in 2.0.3[0-5] ?
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