Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:28:15 -0500 (EST) From: Paul Halliday <dp@dove.penix.org> To: Stephen Agar <stephen.agar@usm.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.9 + XFree86 4.3 + Alpha Message-ID: <20031210092713.X6195@dove.penix.org> In-Reply-To: <3FD63BA2.20400@usm.edu> References: <3FD63BA2.20400@usm.edu>
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On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Stephen Agar wrote: > > Hi, > I just recently installed freebsd 4.9 on a DEC PWS 500au. Everything > works fine except X. I realize that the problem more than likely isn't > FreeBSD specific, its probably a problem with XFree but I thought you > guys may be able to give me some advice. When I try to run "xf86cfg" to > configure my xserver, it just hangs and takes 99% of the CPU. Ive also > tried manually creating config files just to see if I got the same > behavior, and I did. I have tried with a few different vid cards, the > Cirrus Logic that was originally in this machine, an ATI Mach64, and an > S3 Trio. It always hangs at the same spot in the log and takes 99% of > the CPU. Here's an excerpt from the log file. Thanks in advance for any > help, i'm thinking I may need to just wait for X 4.4, but i'm hoping > someone out there has had better luck than I have. > I had the same problem. I simply installed the most current Xf86 server. p.
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