From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 12 22:48:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA06505 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 22:48:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts6-line5.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA06496 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 22:48:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA18061; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 22:48:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 22:48:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: stephane@lituus.fr cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with second start of XFree86 3.3 In-Reply-To: <199709120200.EAA00200@sequoia.hol.fr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 12 Sep 1997 stephane@lituus.fr wrote: > I have compiled and installed XFree86 3.3 (2nd June 1997 release) on a > FreeBSD 2.2.1 (cdrom release). I use the SVGA server with a STB > Velocity 3D (S3 Virge/VX - 4 Mo Ram). > > The first time i launch "startx", everything is fine. XFree has no > problem at all. > But, if i quit and restart "startx", i get a black screen and all i can > do is to reboot the computer with the reset button !! Odd, quitting X must leave your adapter in an inconsistent state. How do you exit X? > Does somebody have any clue to solve this problem ? Could it be a > configuration problem during the compilation of XFree ? Or a SVGA > server bug ? Not that I know of. ARe you using the SVGA, S3, or S3V server? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo