From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 06:28:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 06:28:21 -0400 Received: from smtp008pub.verizon.net ([206.46.170.187]:48002 "EHLO smtp008pub.verizon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 06:28:17 -0400 Message-ID: <3BA721BF.30C37C52@verizon.net> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 05:28:15 -0500 From: Polymorphic Anomaly Organization: Leeding Technologies X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.9-ac10 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tobias Diedrich CC: Jeffrey Ingber , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xpert@XFree86.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Subject: Re: [FIXED] Random Sig'11 in XF864 with kernel > 2.2.x In-Reply-To: <3BA6D4C0.1010309@ix.netcom.com> <20010918103121.B763@router.ranmachan.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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... > > -- > Tobias PGP: 0x9AC7E0BC > Hannover Fantreffen ML: mailto:fantreffen-request@mantrha.de?subject=subscribe > Manga & Anime Treff Hannover: http://www.mantrha.de/ > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/