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On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Martin wrote:

> Am Do, 2003-09-18 um 15.55 schrieb Jan Srzednicki:
> > Warning: pid 589 used static ldt allocation.
> > See the i386_set_ldt man page for more info
>
> I'm getting it, too. When starting XFree. It seems that XFree has
> problems when I restart it. Sometimes it stays in graphics mode
> where I can reboot by pressing <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Entf>,
> later XFree gets killed, I can see my text terminal again
> and the shutdown is clean.
>
> World, kernel and nvidia driver have all been compiled on this date:
> FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #0: Tue Sep 16 23:25:29 CEST
> 2003 i386

The nvidia driver is a known abuser of this.

The warning is usually harmless.

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