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From: Intuitive Design Archive <archive@in-design.com>
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Subject: XDM and X problems
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Two problems:

	My keyboard randomly freezes every so often.  Sometimes it works like 
a charm for days, and then it freezes.  Actually the longest I got it to work 
was for two days straight.  I am not sure what is causing it, but I usually 
end up telneting in and rebooting.  When it freezes I usually get the 
following in ps:

 148  v0  S<s+   0:00.10 login -p \^_\^\\^\\^\\^R\^\\^O\^\

Which I have never seen before.  Sometimes I get kicked out of Xsession as
well.  And  In XDM-errors after I use the mouse to exit the session.  

X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed

Sometimes, I am able to relogin (i.e. the keyboard starts working again); 
I am not.  Above session shows that the keyboard froze twice.  First time I
was able to relogin and second time I was not 

(xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed)
 	 
Which I have never seen before.  Sometimes I get kicked out of Xsession as
well.

	Second  Problem is with SVGA.  It is not listed bellow, because 
I am running in vga16 as you can see.  When I am in SVGA mode, it runs fine, 
and then randomly freezes, approxemtly 1-2 minuites into the xsession.  
This occurs whether I am using xdm or startx.  
I was told that it may be a problem with video shadowing in the bios, 
and system caching.  I played with all that and 
implemented every possible combination to no avail.  Can someone point me to 
what I exactly have to change in the bios?  Or are there any other solutions 
out there short of replacing my motherboard and video card?

Here are some of the xdm-error from sessions:


XDM errors:

xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed
xf86OpenConsole: VT_WAITACTIVE failed
Fatal server error:
xf86OpenConsole: VT_SETMODE VT_PROCESS failed
xf86CloseConsole: KDDISABIO failed (Inappropriate ioctl for device)

XFree86 Version 3.2 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6100)
Release Date: Oct 24 1996
        If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
        than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
        problems.  (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: FreeBSD 2.1.5 
Configured drivers:
  VGA16: server for 4-bit colour VGA (Patchlevel 0):
      et4000, et4000w32, et4000w32i, et4000w32p, et4000w32p, et6000, et3000,
      ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, ati, sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, tvga8200lx,
      tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000,
      tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9320lcd, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420,
      tgui9420dgi, tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, tgui9660xgi, tgui9680, oti067,
      oti077, oti087, oti037c, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, generic
  MONO: server for interlaced and banked monochrome graphics adaptors
        (Patchlevel 0):
      hgc1280, sigmalview, apollo9
Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0)
(using VT number 1)

XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config
XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) Mouse: type: MouseMan, device: /dev/cuaa1, baudrate: 1200
(**) VGA16: Graphics device ID: "VID"
(**) VGA16: Monitor ID: "NEC"
(--) VGA16: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 56.48 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 62.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 64.25 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted.
(--) VGA16: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted.
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75
dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X1
1R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(--) VGA16: PCI: Cirrus Logic GD5430 rev 71, Memory @ 0xe0000000
(--) VGA16: chipset:  generic
(**) VGA16: videoram: 2048k (using 2048k)
(--) VGA16: clocks:  25.22  28.32  31.50  36.08
(--) VGA16: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 90.000 MHz
(**) VGA16: Mode "800x600": mode clock =  36.000, clock used =  36.080
(**) VGA16: Virtual resolution set to 800x600

PS: I will have some logos for stickers soon...


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