Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 03 Jul 2000 17:38:47 -0700 | From | Ben Ford <> | Subject | Re: XFree86 4.0.1 is good. |
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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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