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Re: known problem?: X freezes with XFree-3.1 and wt4000 chipset
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles Rezk)
Mon Nov 18 20:45:15 1996
From: Charles Rezk <rezk@morse.math.nwu.edu>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 19:42:49 -0600 (CST)
Cc: rezk@math.nwu.edu (Charles Rezk)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961118192026.1671B-100000@phoenix.ea4els.ampr.org> from "Simon J Mudd" at Nov 18, 96 07:28:13 pm
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> The PC is a Compaq Presario 633 with a et4000 graphics adaptor and 16Mb or
> RAM. I see ocasionally that the X screen freezes completely during about
> 30 seconds, and then continues to work properly afterwards. I thought the
> problem was the PC's hardware, but then discovered that I can still use
> the pc as normal from a telnet connection. Thus the problem appears to be
> related to the X server.
I've been encountering a somewhat similar problem. The keyboard and mouse
freeze up completely, while the PC, and X windows, are still alive: Xclock
still keeps perfect time. Unfortunately, waiting doesn't seem to make
things better, and I have to do a hard reboot.
The funny thing is that this behaviour is predictable: it happens
when I switch back and forth between the X console and one of the
virtual consoles several times in quick succession (i.e., within a few
seconds).
I also assumed this is related to some sort of hardware
incompatibility between X and my machine. Does this sound right? I'm
running RH4.0, Xfree 3.1.2 with an SVGA server on an NEC Versa laptop
with a ct65545 chipset.
> As there are now developement XFree-3.2 rpms at the redhat site: is it
> possible that I will not experience the problem I am having using the
> newer binaries, and thus the "upgrade" may be a sensible choice?
I've been thinking about upgrading to the new Xfree also. How much
work is it to get this development version installed and configured
(as compared to the "production" version 3.1.2.)?
-- Charles Rezk
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