Re: X : caught signal 11 ?

[Chris Baker <cbaker@adrenalin.com>]

Hollis R Blanchard wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Yann Bizeul wrote:
> >
> > I've a little bit more informations.
> > 1) X caught signal 11 and quits each time I go back to a console.
> > 2) X quits each time XScreensaver is launching
> >
> > Iuse the XFree server provided by Release 5
>
> 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?

>
>
> 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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