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SubjectRe: XFree86 4.0.1 is good.
Chris Meadors wrote:

> Although I knew that the problems I was seeing with my Voodoo 3 with
> XFree86 4.0.0 and the 2.3/4 kernels were almost certainly not the kernel's
> problem, I now know for a fact that they weren't.
>
> After building and installing XFree86 4.0.1 all the problems I had been
> seeing went away.
>
> These problems include (but probally aren't limited to, although these are
> the ones I recall off hand):
>
> Mouse cursor not showing in depths above 16 bit
> Red and black boxes showing up on the text console
> Corruption of the font on the text console
> X dying when setting on the text console for a period of time
>
> So no, I never thought that these were kernel problems, but a few people
> had posted to the list mentioning things like this. So anyone else seeing
> those problems try out 4.0.1 I'm sure you'll be as pleased as I am.
>
> Chris
> --
> ...and sometimes, late at night I get these twitches. Like dead people get.
> (Or, as I prefer to call them, perfect computer users)
> --The BOFH
>
> -

I can confirm this. I just built a kernel w/out X dying, something that hasn't
occurred since installing XFree4.0!

-b

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