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Subject: Re: Matrox Meteor and PPRO problem found 
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From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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>From The Desk Of Mark Tinguely :
> >  If memory does not failed me I have taken out all PCI devices except for t
he
> >  ide controller and whrn  saving images or running vic the meteor crashes
> >  my PPRO .
> 
> try this, do not run X on the capturing machine; display the vic on another
> machine. This trick for the most part) works on the neptune. I know the
> display and meteor were on different IRQs. I think the problem is other
> traffic on the PCI bus.
> 
> --mark.

Oh, I have code which does not use the display and it crashes hard the
system. I think that you are right about other traffic being on the bus
affecting the Meteor. Most likely is when the Meteor attempts to generate
a halt or similar operation to stop and then resume.

	Cheers,
	Amancio