Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 23 Jan 2001 00:47:10 +0100 | From | Jan-Benedict Glaw <> | Subject | Re: Freeze: atyfb & XFree4.0.1 |
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Hi Geert!
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 09:20:07PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > > I just discovered a solid freeze: > > jbglaw@jbglaw-sid:~$ uname -r > > 2.4.1-pre8 > > jbglaw@jbglaw-sid:~$ grep aty /etc/lilo.conf > > append="video=atyfb:800x600
[...and X4 with accelerated ati driver, *not* the framebuffer driver]
> > > > > > Now, when I switch from X to a configured virtual console (eg. tty1), > > everything is okay. But if I press <Ctrl><Alt><F12> (for example) > > the system just dies. I've not yet attached a serial console, > > but SysRq keys seem to not be functional, as well as the NumLock > > LED doesn't change when pressing the NumLock key... > > XFree86 4.x is not fbdev-aware (yet), unless you specify some > `UseFBDev' option keyword (exact syntax may differ, I don't run 4.x yet).
I'll have a deeper look at that all, but switching between virtual terminals and the X screen works perfectly. *Only* switching to a not priviously allocated VC (ie. 8th VT which is unused in most distributions) locks up the machine...
I think there's missing some little check somewhere;)
MfG, JBG
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