Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Feb 2000 07:27:55 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alex Buell <> | Subject | Re: matroxfb, console switches, and BP6 SMP |
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Robert Woodcock wrote:
> Hello, once every week or so (it seems like only after using X for a > while and then switching virtual consoles a lot, and never when the > system has less than around 2 days uptime) my system will hang (no > oops, no panic, no ping, no numlock, no sysrq) during the middle of a > console switch. Sometimes it displays half of one console and half of > the other, with one character of garbage inbetween to separate. I was > wondering if anyone else was hitting this and knew why.
Check the power supply rating. It should be not less than 300w. I had similar problems and tracked it down to the 230w power suppy. Threw it out and replaced it with a 300w unit and all is well, I'm now into my 14th day uptime!
(Alan - did you get my e-mails on this subject?)
Cheers, Alex -- Nil Carborundum Desperandum, heh-heh.
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