From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 4 03:09:56 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA29428 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 03:09:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from corp.au.triax.com (slwag1p13.ozemail.com.au [203.108.157.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA29419 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 03:09:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@corp.au.triax.com) Received: from localhost (jim@localhost) by corp.au.triax.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id WAA00481 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 22:08:01 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 22:07:17 +1100 (EST) From: Jim Mock To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SVGA X Server and S3 ViRGE/DX In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Jim Mock wrote: > On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, rick hamell wrote: > > > > Ick. I just bought this card this morning =( I suppose I > > > could take it back if it keeps happening.. I'm more concerned > > > whether it's gonna blow up my monitor than if it's only gonna > > > annoy me by flashing every now and again =) > > > > Well, it may not be the problem.. but with that paticular chipset > > I've been leery. Had a batch of 10 once, 7 of them were bad in > > various ways, including similiar symptoms. :( I doubt it's going > > to blow your monitor though. :) > > > > Wow.. 70%.. not a great ratio by any stretch of the imagination. I > just installed the S3V server and have that running now, so I guess > I'll see if it keeps doing it. As long as I don't fry anything I > can handle the occasional flash every now and again =) > Just to elaborate on this.. since I've installed the S3V server it's stopped. It appears that the SVGA server was causing it. I guess tomorrow will be the true test when it's up and running all day. Thanks for all the info. -- : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : : System Administrator | http://www.triax.com/ : : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : : Portland, OR USA | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message