Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 10:22:11 PST From: a4d20268@telus.net To: freebsd@guldan.demon.nl Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TOSHIBA, FreeBSD + X Locks up.... :( Message-ID: <3ad492c3.2e85.0@telus.net>
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I tried upgrading to XFree4 and was a total nightmare.. :( Seems X4 doesn't have the same Video Driver (or server) that 3.3.6 has for my S3 Savage MX/IV 8Meg or some name like that... Do you have the same card? and if so, what server did you select? >On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 09:54:36PM -0700, Richard C. wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I've got a Toshiba Satelite Pro 4300 Laptop. Celeron 700, 64M RAM >> running FreeBSD 4.3-RC and XFree86 3.3.6. >> >> X runs very nice! But after so long, I could be switching windows and the >> whole system locks up completely! I can't even CNTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE out of > X >> or CNTRL-ALT-F2 for console. Pressing the power button does nothing, unle >ss >> of course I hold it down to do a hard reset. That of course isn't good... > :( >> >> Wondering if anyone know why this is happening, what it is, and/or any >> possible fixes I can do or try... >> >> If possible, maybe a copy of what i should have or try in /etc/apmd.conf >or >> anything! >> >> Please let me know... I don't know what to do anymore... :( >> >> Thanks a lot! >> >> Richard. >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > >Hi there, > >I have a Toshiba Portege 7220cte with Pentium III 650 and 196M ram running >FreeBSD 4.3RC and XFree86 4.0.3 without problems. It seems that the newer >Xfree86 works better and has some apm support for the Savage driver. >I use my laptop almost 24 hours a day only suspended while driving home or >to work. I never seens any lockups yet. I think is smart to switch over to >the XFree86-4 version. Switching to the consoles and back also works and >usb mouse and the internal mouse work together on the console and X. >The pccards work also, but i made a linux like network.opts for the network >stuff i have multiple network adaptors and several network enviroment >so i made a new config with all de info in it. That works great. >I only have to eject or insert the cards for enable them in the current mod >e. > > >Robert > > > >-- >Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? >Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? >FreeBSD: Are you guys coming or what? >OpenBSD: He guys you left some holes out there! > >--d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND >Content-Type: application/pgp-signature >Content-Disposition: inline > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) >Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > >iEYEARECAAYFAjrUCf0ACgkQ1ODVtOXCG4jr9gCfQcYoIMmTnR9RF0q5Ga9sNipS >2ykAn06LuyP6eoZLBTXhD8Z5IQM456aA >=0ERf >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >--d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND-- > ================================================================= Internet service provided by telus.net http://www.telus.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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