From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Sep 2 05:43:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA10720 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 05:43:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from elvis.vnet.net (elvis.vnet.net [166.82.1.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA10703; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 05:43:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by elvis.vnet.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id IAA06450; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 08:41:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA14590; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:18:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) id IAA02114; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 08:45:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 08:45:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199809021245.IAA02114@lakes.dignus.com> To: mike@smith.net.au, regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk Subject: Re: Freeze with 2.2CAM-19980716-SNAP + XF863323 + PII + S3V Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199809012201.WAA00688@word.smith.net.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mike Smith writes: > > > This is quite strange: > > > > Config: > > > > Asus P2B-LS (PII/333) with on-board fxp0 and ahc 7890, > > 128 MB RAM, and 2 x Quantum Viking II. > > > > Symptom: > > > > When running X under certain conditions > > (must be X server supporting S3V chipset accel., like XF86_SVGA, > > or XF86_S3V), and with certain programs, the machine will freeze > > instantly (no panic, nada). > > I have been seeing the same symptoms with an S3V system for a long time > (6+ months); by varying the options to the S3 server and the system PCI > timings I can alter the 'ease of freeze', but it's always possible. > Swapping console <-> X and popping up a twm menu will both do it. > > Either it's a bug in the S3V code, or the hardware itself (I have had > occasional lockups on that system with other operating systems as well). > I don't believe it's specific to the S3V code, as I get the exact same symptoms with the normal SVGA server (on a Matrox Millenium II card.) Is your kernel/system set up to do a savecore? Perhaps that would be enlightening... - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message