Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 10 Jan 1997 13:21:13 -0600 (CST) | From | Jason Burrell <> | Subject | Re: Bizarre apparent X11-hardware interaction |
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On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Jason Burrell wrote:
> When running X11, some applications will lock the entire machine hard, > requiring me to go for the Big Switch(tm). I've upgraded parts of my > system so that the only things that remain in common are the soundcard > (AWE32 PnP), the drives, and my modem. > > Bus 0, device 17, function 0: > VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5430 (rev 76). > Fast devsel. IRQ 11. > Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfc000000.
I stumbled across something which _appears_ to have fixed the problem. The server wasn't using linear addressing, because I hadn't turned it on. Once I turned on linear addressing, I was able to specify a CLGD 5430 and haven't had any crashes since. Strange. Some bug in the BIOS-access code?
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