Date: Mon, 18 Mar 96 17:19:15 EDT From: M C Wong <mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com, freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: XIO: fatal IO error -1 (unknown) on X server Message-ID: <199603180619.AA075589957@paloalto.access.hp.com> In-Reply-To: <199603180626.QAA24303@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>; from "Michael Smith" at Mar 18, 96 4:56 pm
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Oops shit, I must have sent it to the wrong list. Sorry about that. Please ignore it. > M C Wong stands accused of saying: > > Does anyone know WHAT may be the likely cause of this type of errors > > ? I happen to have run into a situation where running PC-XWARE on a > > 486/75 over SLIP to a VxWorks to cause PC-XWARE to crash! The SLIP > > connections tested include one over modems and one being a straight > > link between the 2 boxes. DTE speeds for both modems are 19.2K, and > > also 19.2K between modems. For straight SLIP, manage to increase the > > speed to 38.4K. But because the VxWorks box (i960 CPU) does not have > > hardware flow-control enabled, so it cannot handle anything higher > > at this point. > Do you suspect packet corruption in the FreeBSD system routing, or > do you have PC-XWARE running under FreeBSD, or do you have FreeBSD > running under VxWorks? > > The X server crashes resulted from the VxWorks boxes trying to open up a GUI > > window. > Could just be the one or the other or both are a box of snot 8) > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ > ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ > ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ > ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ > ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2i iQCVAwUBMU0AW0mThh0X7Um5AQGorQP9HyDBYVoJC0rBB08WYAH8AipWZXZ84d8w OC6yRWs+Mxu69pp/TMOrJrz8+JeUsmXSIUgpmGj8NwbwsJaSjx4YRX4LquiOH2rI LmeaLBv5adVUcr/vbtSRuL80oS5bdxQgYDs1Bll/njm7qjqgsyajJ5utdLMrpTF2 di84OwX1n4c= =vFC6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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