From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 14 22:54:36 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id WAA23347 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 22:54:36 -0800 Received: from relay.hp.com (relay.hp.com [15.255.152.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id WAA23342 ; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 22:54:33 -0800 Received: from srmail.sr.hp.com by relay.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA004068392; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 22:53:12 -0800 Received: from hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com by srmail.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA084038376; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 22:52:56 -0800 Received: from mina.sr.hp.com by hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA002288372; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 22:52:52 -0800 Message-Id: <199511150652.AA002288372@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0.5R hanging inexplicably... Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 22:52:52 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > The ET4000 (and particularly the W32 variants) XFree server is _very_fragil > e_. > > > > The cards themselves are no great shakes, and the behaviour of the server > > leads me to _strongly_ discourage people from using them. (Especially given > > how cheap S3-based cards are these days). > > The et4000/w32p server has been rock solid under Linux for over a year... > just a data point... It would be interesting to see if the people who are having problems with ET4000/W32p-based video cards are using syscons or pcvt. There have been a few posts recently regarding the "better robustness" of pcvt (vs syscons), and I just recently found a "bug" in syscons that was causing all my syscons fonts to be corrupted (after using X-Windows). -- Darryl Okahata Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the little green men that have been following him all day.