* Re: New experimental X 4.0 not working [not found] <yam8192.1708.1987516072@mail.superonline.com> @ 2000-06-06 14:40 ` Michel Dänzer 2000-06-06 19:58 ` Michael Schmitz 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Michel Dänzer @ 2000-06-06 14:40 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Sinan Gürkan; +Cc: linux-apus-user, linux-powerpc, linuxppc-dev [I'm forwarding this to the MLs so everyone knows] Sinan Gürkan wrote: > I installed XFree4.0b...but it doesn`t work... > after startx command it loads a bit and it freezes the whole system. > You have to reboot and filesystem is corrupted..(I ran fsck 3 times :) ) Do you use update/bdflush/whatever? I get lotsa lockups when hacking kernels and X servers, but I've never had to run fsck more than twice (once automatically and once manually). > I am sending you the XFree86 log > > XFree86 Version 4.0a / X Window System ^^^^ You are using the 4.0a loader with 4.0b modules. Use the 4.0b loader. Michel -- Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product. ______________________________________________________________________________ Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86, Team *AMIGA*, AUGS ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: New experimental X 4.0 not working 2000-06-06 14:40 ` New experimental X 4.0 not working Michel Dänzer @ 2000-06-06 19:58 ` Michael Schmitz 2000-06-06 20:07 ` Michel Dänzer 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Michael Schmitz @ 2000-06-06 19:58 UTC (permalink / raw) To: daenzerm; +Cc: Sinan Gürkan, linux-apus-user, linux-powerpc, linuxppc-dev > > I installed XFree4.0b...but it doesn`t work... > > after startx command it loads a bit and it freezes the whole system. > > You have to reboot and filesystem is corrupted..(I ran fsck 3 times :) ) > > Do you use update/bdflush/whatever? I get lotsa lockups when hacking kernels > and X servers, but I've never had to run fsck more than twice (once > automatically and once manually). I had a case where such a freeze hosed various things on my root and usr partitions. That was during the XFree 4.0 PCI resources trouble hacking. Is the machine in question one with Mach64 graphics? Michael ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: New experimental X 4.0 not working 2000-06-06 19:58 ` Michael Schmitz @ 2000-06-06 20:07 ` Michel Dänzer 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Michel Dänzer @ 2000-06-06 20:07 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Michael Schmitz Cc: Sinan Gürkan, linux-apus-user, debian-powerpc, linuxppc-dev Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > I installed XFree4.0b...but it doesn`t work... > > > after startx command it loads a bit and it freezes the whole system. > > > You have to reboot and filesystem is corrupted..(I ran fsck 3 times :) ) > > > > Do you use update/bdflush/whatever? I get lotsa lockups when hacking > > kernels and X servers, but I've never had to run fsck more than twice > > (once automatically and once manually). > > I had a case where such a freeze hosed various things on my root and usr > partitions. That was during the XFree 4.0 PCI resources trouble hacking. > Is the machine in question one with Mach64 graphics? No, it's an Amiga with Permedia2 and he used the wrong binary. Michel -- So many Christians, so few lions. ______________________________________________________________________________ Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86, Team *AMIGA*, AUGS ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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