Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: funny console prob w/2.4.18-pre[479]+kpreempt+sched-o(1) | From | "Samuel M. Stringham" <> | Date | 15 Feb 2002 14:07:47 -0500 |
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On Fri, 2002-02-15 at 11:17, Jorge Nerin wrote: > Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > > hello * > > > > it happens to me regularly that the x server dies without any > > obvious reason. > > I remeber that some time ago, around XFree 4.0 I also had this issues. > > > funny thing is, it takes the virtual text consoles with it, which is > > why i'm posting here. > > > > Yes, the same issues, now it almost never dies, and if it dies the > consoles work ok (I'm using FB at 1024x768 and Xfree at 1152x864) > hmm... I had the same problem as the original poster with 4.0, not with 4.1 and rawhides 4.2 XFree86 packages won't even let me start up with dri+OpenGL (different problem). I will try to rebuild X from source tonight see if I can garner some insight. > > i end up in kdm and i can restart x alright, but when i switch vc's, > > all i see is a frozen image of the x screen. i can switch back to x, > > and it runs. > > > > When this happened to me I saw garbage from the X screen from the time > it died, let's see, X dies, I get dropped to the console (seeing garbage > colors of the scren) gdm restarts, everything seems ok, but going back > to the console you see the same garbage as before. > yes, I get/got this too, hasn't happened recently, but then again X hasn't crashed recently. Another thing (I believe was fbdev related) was the screwing up of the fonts (! missing the dot at the bottom, etc.). I believe that was fixed circa 2.4.17/2.5.2 . > > all tasks i started on the vc's before keep running, the mingettys > > are there, the bashes are there, and i can even blind-type commands > > that will run correctly. only the display is messed up. > > a blind-typed "reset" has no effect. > > > > I also found that enebling the xv extension in my XFree causes the > consoles to be lost, but in a different way. > > After enabling it and entering X if I switch to a console I see the > console image, but no matter what I do the console stays the same, as > you say I can type blindly. > > > any clues ? > > i'm using x version 4.2.0 with a voodoo3 card (dri and agp enabled). > > this is an smp box with 2 p3/600 katmai. > > might this be not a kernel issue, but an x11 problem ? > > > > We have too many things in common to stablish a pattern, I'm using XFree > 4.2.0, a voodoo 3 2000 pci card, and I also have a smp box, but it's a > 2x200mmx. > > I think it's a X issue by not leaving the console state consitent. > yes, same as above, this is a rather coincidental about the HW configs. I have a dual celeron (famous bp6 config) with vodoo3 with dri and agp enabled. > > best wishes, > > > > jörn > > > > > > please keep be cc:ed, i only read lkml archives. > > > > I'm doing > > > -- > Jorge Nerin > <comandante@zaralinux.com> > > -
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