Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 11:11:25 +0200 (MET DST) From: Holger Veit <Holger.Veit@gmd.de> To: archive@in-design.com (Intuitive Design Archive) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, xfree86@xfree86.org Subject: Re: XDM and X problems Message-ID: <199704070911.AA03154@simi.gmd.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970402082526.6188A-100000@nero.in-design.com> from "Intuitive Design Archive" at Apr 2, 97 08:26:18 am
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> 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.
Try replacing your keyboard. It might well be defective. OTOH, giving the
description below, you might have a totally unstable system.
> 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?
Effects like this are not normal. You have definitely problems with your
hardware (defective or slow RAMs, motherboard problems). Try setting the BIOS
options to the most defensive values (slow RAMs, maximum waits, try disabling
the 2nd level cache, PCI bus speed, shadowing etc.) Typically, a BIOS labels
them as 'worst', 'slowest', 'disable' or alike). There are countless BIOS
versions existing, basically every board revision may have a different one,
so noone can give any precise advice, since you didn't even tell about the
board or BIOS version.
> xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed
> xf86OpenConsole: VT_WAITACTIVE failed
> Fatal server error:
> xf86OpenConsole: VT_SETMODE VT_PROCESS failed
> xf86CloseConsole: KDDISABIO failed (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
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