From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Jul 8 14:06:11 1995 Return-Path: bugs-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id OAA23217 for bugs-outgoing; Sat, 8 Jul 1995 14:06:11 -0700 Received: from vegemite.Stanford.EDU (2842@vegemite.Stanford.EDU [36.159.0.7]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA23203 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 1995 14:06:09 -0700 Received: (hlew@localhost) by vegemite.Stanford.EDU (8.6.10/8.6.4) id OAA06748; Sat, 8 Jul 1995 14:05:58 -0700 Date: Sat, 8 Jul 1995 14:05:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew To: Ollivier Robert cc: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: S3 Server dumps core In-Reply-To: <199507081458.QAA14324@blaise.ibp.fr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: bugs-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 8 Jul 1995, Ollivier Robert wrote: > > 1) Switch from xdm to a text screen. > > 2) Login as root. It immediately dumps core after I login as root. > > If I login as someone else, it doesn't dump core unless I use su to > > get to root. After it dumps core, it flips to the graphics screen, and > > the X server starts up again. > > I just tested it and it went without an hitch. I've a XF86_S3 recompiled a > while ago and I'm using a Diamond Stleath 64 VRAM. Hmmm.... I have had this problem way back even with the early SNAPs. But then again, my video card is S3C805 (I think it's rev D or something). Anyway, this problem never happened when I used the old ISA Trident video card using the SVGA server, so I believe it must be something specific to the S3 Server and is triggered by xdm. Which S3 chip is used in the Diamond Stealth 64? /--------------------------------------\ / Howard Lew \ < Email: hlew@genome.stanford.edu > \ http://www.shoppersnet.com / \--------------------------------------/