Re: [FIXED] Random Sig'11 in XF864 with kernel > 2.2.x

[Polymorphic Anomaly <linux.geeke@verizon.net>]

I have had this problem as well, and i finally gave up until i could get a Voodoo
or Rage 128, which have DRM, etc etc. My current card is a savage 4.  After
tryintg all the patches and everything. i finally just disabled the nice
framebuffer consoles so that when X crashes it doesnt take the consoles with it..
does anyone knoe of a real fix?

Poly


Tobias Diedrich wrote:

> Jeffrey Ingber wrote:
>
> > The problem mentioned in the following threads:
> >
> > http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0109.1/0932.html
> > http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/xpert/2001-September/011055.html
> > http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/xpert/2001-September/011230.html
> >
> > Is fixed in at least 2.4.9-ac10.  I haven't been a regular user of the
> > -ac series so I can't say when exactly this was fixed.  However, this
> > problem still persists in Linus 2.4.10-pre10.  Can anyone who chimed in
> > with similar problems to mine try said kernel (2.4.9-ac10) and provide
> > any feedback?  It would excellent if the exact fix could be identified.
>
> I'm using ac-10 with the preempt patch at the moment and still have
> trouble with the X server segfaulting sometimes.
> Usually it does this not that often (once a day to once every few days),
> it seems more likely to happen when switching between text mode console
> and X, I can increase the likelyhood of this by running the wmcpu and
> wmsysmon applets, which will often make it segfault after only a few minutes.
> System is Dual Celeron 433 on an ABIT BP6 board. XFree 4.1.0. Debian
> unstable. Riva TNT, using the nv driver. (I sometimes switch to the
> nvidia driver because this supports the xvideo extensions, but have not
> since the last reboot, so the proprietary module should not have been
> loaded)
> The most annoying thing is that the console is stuck in graphics mode
> after the server crashed...
>
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> Tobias                                                          PGP: 0x9AC7E0BC
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