Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 07:34:51 +0000 () From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: archie@tribe.com (Archie Cobbs) Cc: scrappy@hub.org, paul@netcraft.co.uk, paul@trumpet.net.au, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0.5R hanging inexplicably... Message-ID: <199511140734.HAA00793@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199511140258.SAA00296@bubba.tribe.com> from "Archie Cobbs" at Nov 13, 95 06:58:10 pm
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Archie Cobbs stands accused of saying: > If I startup X, and then try to switch back to a text console, the screen > goes blank and everything hangs. > > I've got vt0-vt5 as login windows, running X on vt6... this happens > with the ET4000 X server, both versions 3.1.1 and 3.1.2. > > Could the ET4000 be involved somehow? The ET4000 (and particularly the W32 variants) XFree server is _very_fragile_. The cards themselves are no great shakes, and the behaviour of the server leads me to _strongly_ discourage people from using them. (Especially given how cheap S3-based cards are these days). > Archie L. Cobbs, archie@tribe.com * Tribe Computer Works http://www.tribe.com -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[
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