From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 4 00:37:17 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA15486 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 00:37:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA15476 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 00:37:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA24645; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 09:36:42 +0100 (MET) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA25918; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 09:36:41 +0100 (MET) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA14960; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 09:36:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gunnar) Message-ID: <19990104093641.B14927@sr.se> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 09:36:41 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt To: Jim Mock Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: SVGA X Server and S3 ViRGE/DX Reply-To: flygt@sr.se References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Jim Mock on Mon, Jan 04, 1999 at 06:46:44PM +1100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 04, 1999 at 06:46:44PM +1100, Jim Mock wrote: > I just installed a 4meg S3 ViRGE/DX card earlier today, and > occasionally (it's happened 3 times so far) the monitor flashes to > black and then right back into WindowMaker after a second or two. > > The card I used to have was a 1meg Diamond which ran the S3 server.. > I never had it happen previously. I have the monitor specs the same > as they were with the Diamond.. the only thing that's changed in my X > settings is the card and the resolution. I have it running at > 1024x768 @ 16bpp instead of 800x600. The monitor isn't clicking or > making any unusual sounds or anything, and it seems to be kind of > random as far as when it happens. > > Has anyone seen this before? What could be causing it to randomly > flash out like that? I have the same symptoms on my Matrox Milennium 2. It has something to do with the drivers from xfree86.org But actually on that machine there are similar symptoms in M$ NT, so I guess it has something to do with drivers or AGP. -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message