Re : X : caught signal 11 ?

Re : X : caught signal 11 ?

[Yann Bizeul]

Okay, I'm on a PowerBook 3400c (xhipset 65xxx - don't remember)

I don't think it is platinium

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>De : Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
>À : puetzk6715@uni.edu
>Cc : Yann Bizeul <yann@tynsoe.com>, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org,
linuxppc-user@lists.linuxppc.org
>Objet : Re: X : caught signal 11 ?
>Date : Mar 20 juil 1999 15:31
>

>
> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 puetzk6715@uni.edu wrote:
>
>> Well, I switch on and off all the time (I have 6 console VT's and 2 X
>> VT's). I used to get palette problems, but not since I applied anthony
>> tong's patch and rebuilt X. It never died (well, it did in my cobbled
>> pre-R5, but not in the released LinuxPPC 1999).
>
> I see. What video driver are you using? Yann, you too? As I mentioned, I'm
> using platinumfb on a PowerCenter 132. I'm wondering if it's the driver. I
> just got Mark Abene's updated driver but haven't had a chance to try it yet
> (and won't for the rest of the week). For those of you who want to see if it
> fixes anything, I've put it up at
> http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~hollis/platinumfb.c
>
> -Hollis
>
>
>
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Re : X : caught signal 11 ?

[Yann Bizeul]

>>
>> I also have problem 1), though I guess I've managed to disable xscreensaver
so
>> X does its built-in blanking thing (with no power saving =( ).
>
> I'm assuming you mean something along the lines of
>
> $ xset s off
>
> Does X have a built in blanking thing other than that?  Or is it an Apple
hardware
> thing?

Ok, I did xset -s off, and it prevents xscreensaver from launchin...

Tha good question is about the built-in blanking :

All the time under R4, the screen (under X or console) goes black itself,
but I notice that under X, with R5, the screen does not fade out, but it
does in the console ?

hu ?

do ya understand something ?
>
>>
>>
>> To crash X:
>> startx
>> ctrl-cmd-F1
>>
>> Poof. All gone. If you have xdm set up, xdm reloads (and takes you to vc 7
>> from wherever you wanted to go in the first place). I'm using platinumfb. Is
>> anyone else out there able to use virtual consoles without X crashing?
>
> I can switch consoles o.k. I'm on a pb3400c so I guess that makes me
chips65550fb
> (?).  If I put the machine to sleep for any significant period of time, X
dies.
>
> Is this just an xfree problem or is it in xpmac also?
>
> cheers,
>
> cbb
>
>
>
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Re : X : caught signal 11 ?

[Yann Bizeul]

Hi

> Hollis,
> I have the platinumfb too (7200), and I read your message, tried it and
> bang, x
> was down.  I recompiled the kernel with the new driver (I didn't get it
> from your site it was mailed to me) and it is ok now.  I never had this
> problem before with fvwm and accel X , maybe it is a Xpmac & the driver?

Which new driver do u use ?

I have recompiled the most recent stable kernel (2.2.10) and did not correct
that :'(

Thanks !
> --------
> Paul Barrette
> Ph.D. Candidate Classics (Latin Literature)
> System Administrator
> McMaster University
>
> "Oppositaque ad os manu nescio quid taetrum
> exsibilavit, quod postea Graecum esse affirmabat."
>                                       --Petronius
>
> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Hollis R Blanchard wrote:
>
>>
>> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 puetzk6715@uni.edu wrote:
>>
>> > Well, I switch on and off all the time (I have 6 console VT's and 2 X
>> > VT's). I used to get palette problems, but not since I applied anthony
>> > tong's patch and rebuilt X. It never died (well, it did in my cobbled
>> > pre-R5, but not in the released LinuxPPC 1999).
>>
>> I see. What video driver are you using? Yann, you too? As I mentioned, I'm
>> using platinumfb on a PowerCenter 132. I'm wondering if it's the driver. I
>> just got Mark Abene's updated driver but haven't had a chance to try it yet
>> (and won't for the rest of the week). For those of you who want to see if it
>> fixes anything, I've put it up at
>> http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~hollis/platinumfb.c
>>
>> -Hollis
>>
>>

>>
>
> 

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Re : X : caught signal 11 ?

[Yann Bizeul]

How to see which is my driver ?

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>De : Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
>À : puetzk6715@uni.edu
>Cc : Yann Bizeul <yann@tynsoe.COM>, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.ORG,
linuxppc-user@lists.linuxppc.ORG
>Objet : Re: X : caught signal 11 ?
>Date : Mar 20 juil 1999 15:31
>

> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 puetzk6715@uni.edu wrote:
>
>> Well, I switch on and off all the time (I have 6 console VT's and 2 X
>> VT's). I used to get palette problems, but not since I applied anthony
>> tong's patch and rebuilt X. It never died (well, it did in my cobbled
>> pre-R5, but not in the released LinuxPPC 1999).
>
> I see. What video driver are you using? Yann, you too? As I mentioned, I'm
> using platinumfb on a PowerCenter 132. I'm wondering if it's the driver. I
> just got Mark Abene's updated driver but haven't had a chance to try it yet
> (and won't for the rest of the week). For those of you who want to see if it
> fixes anything, I've put it up at
> http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~hollis/platinumfb.c
>
> -Hollis
>
>
> 

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