Re: Crashing X servers

[Rolf Neugebauer <neugebar dcs gla ac uk>]

We had the same problems with RH 5.1, Matrox Millennium II, and
XF86_SVGA 3.3.2.3 (July 15 1998). In the archives of this list I found
a reference to a patched X server which works fine (16bit mode
at 1280x1024).

Binaries and patches for XFree86 3.3.2 (March 2 1998) are under:
ftp://mea.tmt.tele.fi/pub/XFree86

Rolf

BTW.: Are the patches going to be incorporated into newer releases of
XFree86?



Mark Hansel <hansel@hansel.moorhead.msus.edu> writes:
> How many people are having X86_SVGA crash when "several" (10-15 somewhere) 
> windows are open, even with only 8 bit modes on? This is a reproducible on
> my LX / 128MB. The crash kills everything.  The keyboard is dead, mouse
> registers nothing, telnet, even ping from another machine get no
> response. 
> 
> At the recommendation of DCG tech support, I added sw_cursor to
> XF86_CONFIG and commented out all but 8bit display modes. No joy.
> 
> Do other people have this problem? How widespread a problem is it? I've
> been told it is a "known" problem. Has anyone found an X server for the
> Matrox Millenium that works? Can we get this thoroughly documented? 
> 
> System description and my practices: Linux is Red Hat 5.1, factory
> installed, XF86_SVGA compile date 5/5/98 and I have tried one later
> version (8 something).  I start xdm from a root command line and the
> machine returns to that command line with a blinking cursor on the crash.
> 
> The kernel does manage to write the following in /var/log/messages: 
> 
> Aug 31 19:31:18 alpha kernel: X: memory violation at pc=12004fc40
> rp=12004fed0 (bad address = 206cbc04)